23 Years Young, No Kids, College Grad and Finally Ready to Not Be Self-conscious About my Forehead! - Columbus, OH

Hello all! I am 23 years of age, and I have finally gotten enough courage, and saved up enough money to have the forehead reduction/hairline lowering procedure. Ever since I was in middle school, and people had pointed out that I had a larger forehead, and I couldn't style my hair the same as my friends, I have always been very self conscious of my forehead! I have always had to style my hair in three different ways. 1. Side bangs 2. Front bangs 3. Always wearing headbands especially when my hair is up in a pony tail. I have also noticed that I have very saggy eyebrows and noticeable lines/wrinkles across my forehead which is very frustrating. I always hated when other people took pictures of me or with me because I wanted to make sure I was at the perfect angle so my forehead wouldn't look too big! I just want to be carefree when taking pictures and have more ways to style my hair. I felt that any picture (especially close up) never looked good because my forehead took up half the picture and was very distracting! I started looking into the hairline lowering procedure a few years ago so that I was well informed on the procedure. Well, now the countdown is on, and I am getting very nervous. It is expected to be about a 2 hour procedure! I am hoping to lower my hairline about 2cm. Wish me luck!

Alright, so I had my forehead reduction surgery yesterday! I was extremely nervous because I have only been put to sleep once before, and that was when I got my wisdom teeth out. All of the nurses, the anesthesiologist, and my surgeon were very nice and comforting. The worst part was the IV, but I always hate needles in general. It barely took an hour so I wasn't asleep too long. I was pretty out of it at first, and my throat was really sore. I already had a sore throat because I had been draining from my allergies, but they also put a tube down my throat that made it very dry. My mom fed me ice chips which helped a little bit. After the nurse helped me dress, she wheeled me out to the car. I took a bag with me because I get motion sickness very easily. Once I got in the car and we started driving home I was immediately nauseous and that was honestly the worst part of it all. I wasn't quite in pain yet. I fell asleep when I got home around 4, I took a Percocet around 6, and around 7pm I got sick. I felt a lot better after that, but the pain really started kicking in. On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the worst it was at about a 9. Currently it's about a 7. I am not allowed to take my bandages off for 48 hours so I will post pictures as soon as I can! Feel free to inbox me/comment and I will get back to you as soon as possible!

Alright, now that I'm feeling a little better, I am able to post a few pictures with my stitches and staples! So far, the first three days have been the hardest for me as far as pain and nausea. The top of my head is still really numb/tingly. I was really scared to take off the bandages, but I also had to remember I did not want a perfect (almost fake looking hairline). If you look at my pre-op pictures, you can see straight-on that one side of my hairline was slightly higher than the other. Dr. Bernacki remade my hairline the same way to make it look more natural. So far, I am a little bit iffy about the right side (the higher side) than the left side. However, I am able to see little, fine baby hairs that are not visible on the camera so I am not going to judge too soon. I love that I have no longer have wrinkles in my forehead, although my face feels really tight. Of course my dad happens to be one of the funniest people I know, so it's hard not to laugh or smile too hard! The stitches/staples come out next Wednesday 10/21, so I will be updating then as well!