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Can a Hair Transplant Be Used to Create a New Hairline (Not One That Has Receded)?

asked 1 year ago by cjschoch in Myrtle Beach, SC
Latest answer by Jack Fisher, MD
Question viewed 941 times
Tags: forehead, hair, hairline

I hate how large my forehead is and am wondering if I could reduce its size by implanting hair so that my hairline comes down farther.

12 answers to Can a Hair Transplant Be Used to Create a New Hairline (Not One That Has Receded)?

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Hair Transplant to Create New Hairline

Yes, so long as adequate donor hair is available you can lower the hairline back down to its original position.
Richard Galitz, MD

Miami Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Hairline Lowering Procedure

A hairline can be lowered with a hairline lowering procedure or hair transplantation.  Please check my website for access to my article on hairline lowering.  I also discuss this in my book chapter on hair restoration.  Most other flap procedures have been completely abandoned.
Kevin Ende, MD

Manhattan Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Hair Transplant to create new hairline

Yes. The frontal hairline can be lowered if there is adequate donor hair. However, it must be done very carefully to have a natural result.
Jack Fisher, MD

Nashville Plastic Surgeon

www.fisherhaircenter.com

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Hair Transplant Can Lower Hairline to Minimize Large Forehead

Yes, that’s the beauty of follicular unit grafting. We can create a lower, natural-looking hairline through this procedure by harvesting hair from the back of your head and placing it in individual units to achieve a less visible forehead. When designing a new hairline, we take into account several factors to deliver the most aesthetically pleasing result including ethnic variations and future aging patterns and we place sentinel hairs – the thin, fine hairs that naturally occur... more
Timothy Jochen, MD

Palm Springs Dermatologic Surgeon
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Hairline Advancement Procedures

There are actually two techniques for advancing the overly high hairline- the most common is hair grafting, the other is the surgical hairline advancement procedure which involves a single stage advancement of the entire hairline through a single fine line incision. The concern when performing these procedures on men is that it may not be advisable to lower the hairline too much, given that as one gets older the hairline may appear too low, and/or with future hair loss there can result a... more
Jeffrey Epstein MD, FACS

Miami Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.plasticsurgeryoftheface.com

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Hairline design, the most important aspects of a hair transplant

You can easily lower your hairline to reduce the size of your forehead. How low you can go depends on few things:(A) your age (B) ethnicity and (C) how aggressive your hair loss is. In general, you want your hairline to look natural at any age. So if your young (less than 25), with aggressive hair loss, you should consider starting your hairline at 8.5cm above the glabella ( the muscle between the eyebrows).  This way, it will assure that your hairline is... more
Ben Behnam, MD

Santa Monica Dermatologic Surgeon
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Hairline with hair transplants

Hairline design is one of the goals which can be obtained with hair transplants. When considering the starting point of a hairline two general rules should be followed. The hairline should start about 6cm above the space between the brows and it should not start lower than the transition of horizontal to vertical on the scalp. The actual design will depend on the patient and the patient's ethnicity. There are several procedures which can successfully create a hairline. more
D.J. Verret, MD

Dallas Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Hairline

Absolutely, This is where the artful eye comes in, in order to create a natural looking hairline. You should consult in order to determine how many grafts and sessions might be needed.  I would highly reccomend the Neograft approach. Dr. malouf
Peter Malouf, DO

Dallas Dermatologist

mytotalskincare.com

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Lowering the hairline with transplants

Of course, that is often the reason patients are seeking a hair transplant.  Remember that the art of a hair transplant involves creating a new hairline that is natural and will look natural when you are 30, 50 and 70 years old.  For this reason, the hairline should be conservative.  It should start about 7-8 cm above the brows and should extend back with some temporal recession.  A juvenile appearing hairline might look good initially, but will look bizarre over the... more
John Bitner, MD

Salt Lake City Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.drjohnbitner.com

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Creating a New Hairline

A new hairline can be established with hair transplants, the Fleming/Mayer Flap, or our hairline advancement procedure. Men must be concerned about future alopecia. Consult with a physician who does all three procedures.
Richard W. Fleming, MD

Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Lowering a hairline

You can have the hairline lowered by follicular unit hair transplants or by a scalp advancement type of a procedure. This latter approach gives very quick results. You should only consider this operation if there is no balding history in your family, there has been no change in the hairline for many years and you have good scalp and forehead laxity. L
Sheldon S. Kabaker, MD

Oakland Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.kabaker.com

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Decreasing forehead size with hair transplants.

Yes, the hairline can be shaped and/or lowered with hair transplants or with the Fleming-Mayer flap. One should consider the future loss of hair before proceeding.
Toby Mayer, MD

Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

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