Is hairline lowering or transplant grafts to the hairline best for reshaping a hairline?

In general, forehead reduction surgery involves an incision along your hair line and pulling your scalp forward and cutting out any overlapping skin then sewing back the skin. This obviously requires an exam to make sure your scalp is loose enough and you do not have other un-diagnosed cause of hair loss.**Limitation of a foreahead reduction is that sometimes you will see a scar on the hair line (no matter which technique or doctor you choose). Another limitation is that you will not get the rounding on the side corners (oval shaped hair line which many women have).Other surgical option is hair transplant surgery. Hair transplant surgery involves harvesting hair from the back of your head and relocating to the front (one by one) to create a new lower hair line. This also requires an exam. Hair transplant surgery can give you a great soft natural hair line and a more rounded temple that a forehead reduction surgery cannot give you.**Limitation of a hair transplant surgery is that you will have to wait for the hairs to grow and it will not be as full as a hair line lowering surgery (no matter which technique or the doctor you choose). Some patients decide on BOTH surgeries to take advantage of what each surgery can provide.

For both men and women, hair transplantation is the best way to lower a receding hairline. The hairline is a highly visible area so therefore care must be taken when designing an appropriate shape. Male hairlines are different than female hairlines, for example. Everyone has a unique shape that "fits" aesthetically. Keep in mind that ARTISTRY--the size, angle, orientation and position of each transplanted graft--is critical for a 100% natural look in the end. Less invasive Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) techniques avoid the linear scar and heal more comfortably and quickly, but the key ingredient is a surgeon with experience and an "aesthetic eye."

grafting is the simple solution.   If you are a male, i would graft because male hair loss could create a problem later on behind what is lowered.  If you lower the hairline and later decide you don't want to continue chasing the loss, it may be impossible to hide the hairline scar.  Alternatively, with grafting, you could always take the grafts out later on.  If you are a female with no family history of hair loss, you can probably safely do either one.