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Forehead Reduction Surgery
UPDATED FROM Emilyjeen
13 days post
10 days post surgery
EmilyjeenAugust 16, 2017
WORTH IT$10,900
It has been 10 days since I had the procedure done. I am amazed at how fast I'm healing! The first week I would only go in public with a hat on. I am now able to part my hair down the middle (yay!) and go out in public without anyone noticing anything! My head is still a little tender but it gets better every day. I can't believe how fast it was for the surgery to be undetectable. Very very happy!
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I have wanted to change my forehead since I was in...
EmilyjeenAugust 6, 2017
I have wanted to change my forehead since I was in elementary school. I remember vividly the moment I decided I would never be without bangs again. And so I've lived the past 15 or so years with heavy side bangs to cover up my large forehead. Constantly trying to rearrange them for photos and taking hours to get ready to leave the house if I couldn't get them to cover my forehead. I decided to google one day if there were any solutions in the world to fix a large forehead. Dr.Aharonov was the first thing that popped up, a video of him on 'The Doctors' tv show. I looked into his website and contacted him shortly after. This was about 4/5 years ago. I have been thinking about this surgery ever since. Dr.Aharonov and his assistant Faye were so kind and patient with me while I saved up and finally made the decision to go ahead with the procedure. I live in Canada so it was a huge deal for me to come all the way to Los Angeles for surgery. But I promised myself I would get it done before I got married and had photos that I will have forever.
I read a ton of reviews on realself before coming so that I would know what to expect. Faye was just as amazing and lovely as everyone had said and Dr. Aharonov was so confident, it was clear he had done this surgery many times before.
My head is quite small and my scalp was on the tight side, but none the less he was able to reduce it to the desired amount. I am only 2 days out of surgery but so far everything seems to be going as good as can be expected.
I didn't expect there to be quite this much pain, but it makes sense. The incision itself is not painful, but the back of my head and neck feel so sore it's hard to sleep. The left side of my face swelled a bit and I have a bruising around my left eye but hopefully this will go down in the next few days. The top of my head is numb, which I expected, but it does freak me out washing my hair in the shower (feels like I'm wearing a wig). All in all, it feels like I have a constant headache and the tightness in my face, head, jaw and neck is definitely uncomfortable. But I'm already gaining back some range of motion with my neck.
I'm squeamish with blood and stitches so I still get uneasy putting ointment on the stitches and staples but they will be out in 5 days.
My advice, only get this surgery if it will be absolutely life changing. It is a huge decision and a lengthy recovery time. For me it was, and I believe I will feel so much happier now. Just praying the healing process goes quick and smoothly.
I will post photos of the healing process.
I read a ton of reviews on realself before coming so that I would know what to expect. Faye was just as amazing and lovely as everyone had said and Dr. Aharonov was so confident, it was clear he had done this surgery many times before.
My head is quite small and my scalp was on the tight side, but none the less he was able to reduce it to the desired amount. I am only 2 days out of surgery but so far everything seems to be going as good as can be expected.
I didn't expect there to be quite this much pain, but it makes sense. The incision itself is not painful, but the back of my head and neck feel so sore it's hard to sleep. The left side of my face swelled a bit and I have a bruising around my left eye but hopefully this will go down in the next few days. The top of my head is numb, which I expected, but it does freak me out washing my hair in the shower (feels like I'm wearing a wig). All in all, it feels like I have a constant headache and the tightness in my face, head, jaw and neck is definitely uncomfortable. But I'm already gaining back some range of motion with my neck.
I'm squeamish with blood and stitches so I still get uneasy putting ointment on the stitches and staples but they will be out in 5 days.
My advice, only get this surgery if it will be absolutely life changing. It is a huge decision and a lengthy recovery time. For me it was, and I believe I will feel so much happier now. Just praying the healing process goes quick and smoothly.
I will post photos of the healing process.
Replies (5)
August 6, 2017
looks great so far, how much did it cost?
August 6, 2017
Hi it looks great so far. Did you only do the lowering or did you also have the hairs added to the hairline?
August 9, 2017
Just the lowering! I had receding corners and a crooked hairline, which he was able to fix all in the same procedure.
August 13, 2017
I am having the procedure with Dr. AHARONOV in October my hair is fairly thin. Are you having any hair loss? How is the scar healing?
August 16, 2017
Very exciting! I was also told my hair was thin, but asides from some strands coming out while brushing my hair after a shower I haven't had any noticeable hair loss. Make sure you are taking the supplements that are recommended (like biotin)! I just posted some photos from the 10 day mark. None of my friends have noticed :) they just think I'm doing my hair different! But since getting the stitches removed I make sure to put bio oil every night and sunscreen in the day time.
August 27, 2017
Thanks! Yes you're results looks amazing. I'm going to keep checking with you on the Hair loss since you were told your hair was thinking too.
August 30, 2017
Okay, It's been 4 weeks now. I definitely started to notice a little shock loss, but only right after I showered. There were strands coming out but only along the incisions on the sides of my head, not the front. It is not visibly noticeable at all, no one would ever know. I was really worried at first but It only happened a few days in a row and now it seems as though it's stopped. and I already have a lot of regrowth happening through the incision in the front :)
August 30, 2017
Ok, so it's ok with thin hair the hair loss? I just don't want a noticeable balding spot right in the front my hair doesn't grow fast.
August 30, 2017
My case "I believe" is rare but I lost a significant amount of hair in the front and on the sides. The 1st week it looked wonderful but by the 3rd week :-(
September 5, 2017
Is there any chance that your hair will come back in the future ? I'm still praying for u.
September 6, 2017
My doctor says its shockloss and it all should regrow back but its going to take a long time though.
May 6, 2021
Hello , did your hair ever grow back ? I'm having this procedure done in a month and I'm concerned about shock loss
May 7, 2021
My hair grew back however My hair has never been as full as it was before the procedure . Overall density is much less
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