Female with poor results from hairline advancement
So my hairline looks bad/weird is due to mild (but noticeable to me) thinning in the front plus a very straight appearance due to a scar (I previously had my hairline lowered due to hair loss). Because I’m female, it’s possible to cover this insecurity through styling, but I know I’d look way better with a nicer hairline. Plus, even when my hair is blown-out/styled I can see my scalp through my hair just in the very front, which ages me. (I’m not currently losing any hair btw, I just had an eating disorder at a young age that caused most of my hair to thin/fall out.)
So I think I’m just going to ask him to fill out the density, fill in the temporal peaks, cover the scar, and give me a natural-looking hairline. But is that too vague? I wonder if I should be more specific, i.e. providing reference photos of what I’m looking for… I’ve been looking at hairlines online lol and the most beautiful ones to me have lots of little irregularities, I mean I’ve seen some truly beautiful ones…but I also wonder if it’s best to keep it simple and stick close to what I’ve got. He quoted me 1000 grafts and touched up my eyebrows (one of my eyebrows looks like it got singed off, so I figured, why not do that too).
Any suggestions are very much appreciated. I’m hearing from other patients that it’s good to come in with a specific game plan of what you want, plus questions, as they are quite busy of late.
I have written a definitive article two times, defining what a female hairline should look like. Here are some interesting posts on my Baldingblog.com website that will show what you don’t want and what is normal: https://baldingblog.com/?p=54926&preview=true (don’t want these hairlines) and https://baldingblog.com/hairlines-for-men-and-women-photos/ (shows comparison between normal female shaped hairline and male hairline. Many surgeons, unfortunately, give women a male hairline. Here is a female hairline one day after the surgery: https://baldingblog.com/young-women-want-lower-hairlines-photo/ and here: https://baldingblog.com/customized-transplanted-female-hairline/
Female hairlines require a skilled, artistic, experienced surgeon. I have done many of them, enough to become an authority on the subject. In your situation, you have a significant recession, and you have lost your entire temple mounds. 1000 grafts probably will not work, but if you saw an experienced surgeon, you need to sit down with that surgeon and get a clear plan. If you have more questions, you can write to me at williamrassman33@gmail.com
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