I've been telling these surgeons that I look deflated and they just dont get it. I finally figured out that my prominent frontalis muscles have completely disappeared after this procedure, leaving my brows with an older, flatter, effeminate look. The change is pretty drastic. The muscles were like round bulges extending about half an inch above my brows. I looked so masculine before. What are my options besides getting a forehead implant, and how riskyare those? Sry prefer no pics atm
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