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Recommend the Simple and Quick Procedure Hair Loss Surgery for Female
Hairline
Advancement Procedure
Expansion Assisted Hairline Advancement
Hairline Advancement (Shortening of Long
Forehead) for Women - A Simple, Quick Procedure
The balding patterns in women differ from those of men, thus different procedures may be indicated. Most commonly, a diffuse thinning pattern is seen, usually more concentrated in the top and side of the scalp. Wigs or hairpieces are often a solution for hair loss or thinning. While not always possible, micro- and mini-grafting can increase hair density in an inconspicuous fashion- with natural growing hair.
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Another example of hair loss in women is loss of hair in the temples as a result of a facelift operation. This can be corrected surgically with grafts or expanders.
Many women complain of a high forehead (long forehead) or a high hairline. This is the situation where there is a greater than desirable distance from the eyebrows to the hairline. This distance is ideally between 5 and 7 centimeters. When there is a high hairline, the face can look elongated and/or attention is given to the forehead rather than to the eyes and the rest of the face. Also, as aging occurs and the brows droop, the high forehead (long forehead) or high hairline becomes still more pronounced. Hair stylists recognize this and invariably style the hair with bangs. This is usually effective in framing the face in attractive proportions. In some cases where the hairline is very high, bangs can be ineffective.
Hairline Advancement (Shortening of Long
Forehead) for Women - A Simple, Quick Procedure
Those women who have a high forehead (high
hairline) and have hair styling problems from this,
now may have a simple solution.
Many of these situations can be treated with a
simple one-stage hairline advancement operation
which would enable the patient to appear in public
within 2-3 days of the operation with a new, lower
hairline with full length hair.
This operation, in which we have vast experience,
costs about 1/3 to 1/2 as much as the much more
commonly employed follicular unit grafting, which
would require two to three sessions and take many
months before achieving a comparable result. This
operation can also be combined with a forehead/brow
lift to achieve the optimal result in those with
both a high hairline and aging, drooping brows.
If the scalp is tight and more than 3 cm of
advancement is needed, the following two-stage
procedure can be considered.
Expansion Assisted Hairline Advancement
The first stage of frontal expansion surgery
consists of inserting a semi-circular shaped
expander under the scalp behind the frontal
hairline. After a period of healing takes place
(seven to fourteen days), the expander is gradually
inflated by injecting sterile water so that the
scalp is gradually stretched. Inflations are
performed every three to five days during the next
four to eight weeks, until the desired amount of
stretching has been achieved. During the second and
final surgery, the device is removed and the
expanded hair-bearing scalp is moved forward,
replacing the top section of the high forehead. We
have moved hairlines as far as 6 cm with this
approach.
Hairline
Advancement Procedure
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