Why Female Patients Undergo Hairline Lowering Procedures

Although many assume hair loss and dissatisfaction with high or uneven hairlines is a male issue, many female patients suffer from these conditions as well. In fact, according to recent research, up to 20% of women may suffer from a disproportionately high or uneven hairline.

Of the various hair restoration procedures available to female hair loss sufferers, one continually met with enthusiasm is hairline lowering.

During the hairline lowering procedure, an incision is made near the anterior hairline, the hair-bearing scalp is loosened from underlying tissue and bone, the scalp is moved “forward” (lower on the forehead), the excess portion of non hair-bearing forehead skin is removed, and the new hairline is sutured into place. The result of the procedure is a lower, most proportional hairline and a smaller appearing forehead.

Although it seems like nearly all women with disproportionate hairlines would want to undergo the hairline lowering procedure, recommended hair transplant surgeon and female hair restoration expert Dr. Sheldon Kabaker recently explained why patients chose to undergo this surgical treatment:

… some of my cases just want the option of a lower hairline. It is a small minority of women whose hairlines are a bit high who care greatly enough about this to have surgery. Most hair stylists simply cut bangs for these women. Those women with very high, masculine hairlines are the majority of my hairline loweriing patients.

There are no studies of the psychology of concerns for these borderline high hairlines, but the patients who have a correction are extremely happy. Remember, these women have not, in most cases, had hair loss. Their hairlines are inherited stable characteristics. Anyone who suffers from hair loss has very different issues trying to regain a part of their image that has been lost …

Dr. Sheldon Kabaker
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David aka - TakingthePlunge says:

December 6, 2011 at 3:19 am

Lynda,

Quality, unbiased scalp micropigmentation photos are very rare even for male patients. I've not seen any work done on females.

While I'm no expert on scalp tattooing, I don't believe that it would be appropriate in this instance. SMP is best suited for men who wish to completely shave their heads in order to simulate a "buzz" cut or, for both men and women with thinning hair, it can be utilized as a permanent hair loss concealer.

Tattooing the scalp below the hairline in a non-hair bearing area while maintaining a long hairstyle would not look natural. It would appear as if you had shaved your hairline back.

My suggestion is to consult with a hair restoration surgeon regarding either follicular unit hair transplants or a hairline lowering procedure and then save your money until you can pursue the best option.

All the best,
David (TakingThePlunge)
Lynda says:

December 2, 2011 at 12:57 pm

I am a female with a high forehead which looks very masculine. It has a rededing look on both sides, one side recedes more than the other. (i am not loosing hair)I look like I have two horns on my head. I have a love heart shape face which is very small so I don't like to just have a fringe, which halfs my already small face, I often tie back my hair for convience but it looks ugly uneven and makes my head look like a light bulb. I can't afford a hairline lowering op. But I have heard of tattooing, i have drawn a hair line with a thin brown texture to fill in the gaps- it makes such a difference. I can't seem to find any photos of female hairline correction on the net (i must be looking up the wrong area)using cosmetic tattooing techniques. I realise that they cant lower it too much using tattooing, but since my hair line is uneven and gappy (i am light brown blond at hair line- mousy coloured really)at least they could dampen the servity of it....could you please advise me on this and find some examples of female hair line tattooing for a case like me..thankyou