I'm 16, female & I want to reduce my forehead size. It's currently about 4 inches. Is there any way I can make it smaller?

Forehead reduction surgery can make your forehead smaller, but it is not as simple as having the surgery and looking better afterwards.  If you are under 18, you would need your parent's permission.  You also would need an examination of your scalp to make sure you are a candidate for surgery.  Finally you need to understand that there may be risks and complications that you may not have considered.

 I have done this operation for more than 35 years  using the  regular Trichophytic Forehead lowerring incision which we developed. If the scalp is too tight I use a tissue expander for this. 

There are two types of procedures for lowering a woman’s hairline. One, is a surgical excision of the upper forehead followed by the downward advancement of the hairline up to an inch from where it was prior to the surgery. To accomplish this, the entire scalp from the frontal hairline to the very back of the crown, is lifted up and pulled forward. When this is done by an experienced surgeon, the hairline can often be advanced about 2/3rd – 1 inch if there is enough looseness when this lifting process is done. This procedure is often complete in one surgical session; however, it may not address receded corners of the hairline if the corner recession is significant. A great advantage of this surgical approach is the immediate impact of the procedure on hairline location with healing usually complete in a week or so. Sometimes this procedure produces a scar in front of the hairline, and if this is this is the case, a hair transplant in front of the hairline can address the scar. If there is corner rounding that is not addressed by the surgical lowering, then hair transplants can address this very well. Hair transplants take 7-8 months to fully grow out.

The second type of hairline lower procedure is done through hair transplantation. The number of sessions varies by the thickness of the hair. For women with other than fine hair, they might do this in a single session. With finer hair, it often takes two sessions. The time to see the impact of a hairline lowering hair transplant procedure is 7-8 months and if a second session is required, it will take another 7-8 months to wait for full growth. 

Your forehead can be reduced by lowering your hairline using the Irregular Trichophytic Hairline Incision that we described many years ago. Hair will grow though and in front of the incision so you will have total freedom of hair styling after the surgery.