I feel something is very off putting and unnatural about my face and I have narrowed it down to my slopping forehead, specifically my protruding brow bone (see pics). They stick very much giving a neanderthal look, and cause my eyes to appear deep-set. Is to possible to reduce them and get a more even forehead? How complicated a procedure is it and what would it cost? Thanks
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October 14, 2018
Answer: Yes - can be done
Jeffrey H. Spiegel, MDBoard Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon, Board Certified in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Masculine appearance in a female--what to do? Your brow bone is not the problem. You need a forehead lift and your nose made more feminine and this will make you much more attractive and feminine.
Unfortunately theater few surgeons who know how to do this surgery and I do not know of any there. Choose wisely because over 35 years of doing this surgery I have seen far too many complications from inexperienced surgeons.
There are only a handful of surgeons in the country who do brow bone reduction on a routine basis. I do this procedure every week. The key is finding someone who will set back the brow bone with plates and screws and not just burr down the bone which can leave that area dangerously thin. This...
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