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Is it possible to get forehead reduction surgery to make my forehead flatter? (Photo)

pmanMar 10, 2014
My forehead sticks out way too much; it's not even human. Is this normal? I usually don't see many people with a forehead this prominent. My forehead has too much of a convex bulge and I would like to make it as flat as possible. How flat can you make the forehead?

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Matthew Richardson, MD

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Based on the photos provided, it seems like a combination of forehead reduction and hair transplantation (in two stages) might be the best way to go. The hairline can be lowered dramatically with forehead reduction surgery, but the temporal areas cannot be narrowed using this method. Hair...

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