Lowering my High Hairline with Dr. Kabaker - Oakland, CA

I would say I'm still very happy I got this surgery but that my happiness with it is at an 80% level. There are two major updates:
1)the hairline scar, while thin and not visible on the left side, still remains pretty visible on the right side. This is primarily because I had a cowlick on the right side but it still feels like a constraint because I cannot wear my hair up.
2)MY HAIR WAS THICKER PRE-OP. This is absolutely due to the surgery and nothing else. Especially at the front of my head. I've been trying to tackle this through numerous supplements etc but it really docks 20% off my satisfaction with doing this surgery. I suppose it's due to blood flow decrease due to pulling the skin? I am not sure. I am definitely happy that I no longer wear head bands but I now wear hair pins all the time to pin the right side of my hair to cover that scar. Each time I get my hair done or someone unveils it/touches it, it's pretty obvious and people have asked me about it -___-

So seeing as it is september 7th and I am nearly 3 months post op, I have the following to say: I am so happy I did this! :D

I have been going to the beach but wearing hats except this past labor day, I decided to go in for a swim and it is just so magnificent to able to do this without a care. It's the simple stuff like that which puts huge smiles on my face. Before the surgery, I was way too self conscious of going somewhere like the beach without a head band - same thing can be said for rollercoaster rides etc. I was always conscious that my hairline would make me look like a freak.

There are times where I still look in the mirror and obsess about possibly having asked him to lower it another .75 cm or so, but that is because mentally, I've always been obsessed with lower foreheads since I had such a high one. The best part about what convinced me that this is so much better now is probably the fact that I found a pic pre-op of me using my fingers to measure my forehead - photobooth tells me that was snapped on April 19th and now, a pic of me on september 7th.

The side scar which was inflamed and itching a few weeks ago is no longer doing that and more importantly, I've returned to my same level of fitness activities so I AM A HAPPY CAMPER.

I've received so many messages from you guys which is truly heart warming! I am so excited for those of you who have booked the operation in the upcoming weeks as well as for those who are traveling to get it done and are at the planning stage. Please feel free to ask any questions and I am glad you guys find this review helpful - cheers!

hello all! Thanks for all your encouraging messages. An update from moi: I've been wearing my hair middle parted and just using coverFX to conceal the scar. I always use mederma under it and also conceal it w/ an organic SPF and also wear hats everywhere since not wearing one scares me.

I am a bit annoyed with the scar but not the scar on the front of the scalp but instead the one to the side of the head -___- It is hidden by my hair but it's much thicker than the thin visible scar in the front and it has also been super pink (a lot more than before) and I'm freaking out that it might turn to scar tissue which doesn't grow hair? It's upsetting but I am trying to keep calm and make sure that it remains bacterial-free with an antibiotic ointment as well as putting rogaine on the edges of my hair since my hair was already thin there to begin with. I am concerned about it because even though it can be hidden by hair since it's in the side of the head, it is still visible if I brush my hair back or if I pull it back into a pony tail.