I'm an 18 year old girl and have what seems to be a prominent brow ridge. I know this is mostly common in men and so far I have only seen me and mom have as women. I feel like it makes me look manly and i want to change that. How can this problem be solved?
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I think you have FRONTAL BOSSING. The protruding ridge at the brows.
This is usually bone.
To smooth it requires bicoronal incision and shaving the bone without entering the frontal sinus.
Requires ct scan to assess the thickness of the bone and the extent of the frontal sinuses.
There are several things that need to be reconstructed for your skull deformity. Typically working with a craniofacial surgeon and a neurosurgeon as a team will help give you the best and safest result. The bone needs to be recreated as well as the underlying soft tissue typically the temporalis...