Forehead Lowering Sydney

The day before!
Okay a little about me! I’m 28 and have gone majority of my life wire a fringe. I never suffered any bullying of any sort about my forehead but I’ve already thought it was too big. Whilst it is proportional to my face my textbook standards, I have always thought it was just that but too high to make me look feminine. I have always sported a side fringe to help hide my forehead and so it has become a security blanket for me over the years.
I never told anyone that I hated my forehead, I kept it to myself for years because if I never wanted to bring any attention to it. As a teenager I would hair spray it down and the wind was my worst enemy incase it exposed my head.
Finally last week, after years of researching and researching, I finally told my husband my big secret. I told him that this wasn’t an out of the blue decision for me and that I had actually had appointments with two surgeons already about the procedure. I am at an age now where I realise life is short and soon we might have kids etc and I will feel way too selfish to ask to spend large amounts of money on my own vanity lol.
So tomorrow is the day, my hairline is going to be lowered! I was anxious as all hell last week when I put my deposit down but I’m very oddly calm now. I have been walking around with my fringe off my face for the last week (only at home) to see if I’d change my mind or if I could talk myself into some self love but I’ve decided that it’s time to break the chains that that’s been holding me back. I might still decide to sport a fringe, maybe it will still be the best look for me. But at least I wear it knowing that if my forehead is ever exposed or I decide to pull my fringe back, I’m no longer self conscious of who might be looking (probably no one haha). I’ll keep you posted!!

First of all; apologies for my terrible spelling and grammar in my first post lol. I wrote it on my phone at 11pm at night and couldn’t bothered to spell check/re-read my post lol.
Okay so procedure day. I was oddly calm, with some small jitters and giggles when I got to the clinic. Dr Martinick, Dr Kotai and Dr Terri all made me feel so welcome, lovely and comfortable.
I spend about 30 minutes working out where I wanted my hairline with Dr Martinick. She did not make me feel rushed or pressured and worked with me to get my hairline where I thought it should be. One thing to note about Dr Martinick, as it’s not on her website, is that she learnt her procedure and technique by Dr Sheldon Kabaker in the US who is known as the leading expert in the procedure. I nearly went to Dr Mario Marzola in SA for the procedure purely for that reason but it was preferable for me to be local and avoid flying etc. Knowing Dr Martinick leant from the now retired Dr Kabaker instantly relieved me as I knew at that moment I would be in good hands. I also saw reviews from people in the US who had the procedure from surgeons I had not heard of, that had staples in their head after the procedure!! I was reassured I would definitely not have any staples which also relieved my nerves.
I was really worried about being awake during the procedure but I had cotton balls and tape over my eyes which was nice because it oddly makes you feel relaxed. The part of the procedure that honestly hurt the most was getting the needle in my arm for the sedation. All I kept thinking about was that it was annoying in my arm and I couldn’t wait for it to come out lol - and then it hurt coming out.
I had a good sleep the night before so I don’t think I really dosed off for the procedure- I was awake for most of it but I was extremely relaxed with the sedation. Before getting the procedure I did a terrible thing and YouTubed exactly what they do. I was a little ignorant about the procedure before and didn’t realise they basically peel back your scalp (sorry if you didn’t know already) DONT YOUTUBE IT!!! I remember at one point in the procedure I could sort of feel a bit of friction and remember asking the Dr if she was peeling back my scalp at that point and she said yes lol.
It didn’t hurt at all, it is sort of like peeling apart Velcro if that makes sense lol. I promise it is not bad at all and you do not feel a single thing but I’m here to give you all my honesty lol. After the procedure you are fully aware and awake. I felt very slightly tipsy - like you’d feel after 1-2 wines. But I was completely coherent. They showed me my immediate result and I was very pleased! I was really for the Frankenstein appearance so the stitches didn’t concern me. Looking in the mirror I didn’t find myself overly emotional or anything, I felt like I was finally looking in the mirror at me - the me I always thought I should look like.
I slept with a European cushion and a travelling neck pillow and I was surprisingly comfortable. I was given pain killers, an anti inflammatory and a sleeping pill. I really didn’t feel any pain at all, if anything it is like a very small headache. Small enough that I don’t need any pain killers or anything like that. No aching, no sharp pains etc. I will say that I had 0 feeling of my scalp at all after the procedure, most likely from the anaesthetic. It’s a very odd feeling not being able to feel your head. Like I’d have an itch but scratching it didn’t relieve it. I don’t think it’s like the nerve itches people talk about, it was a normal itch that just couldn’t be scratched.
Day 1-
This morning I visited the clinic and had my stitches checked. I didn’t have any bleeding on my bandage which is a great sign. My swelling from the anaesthesia has gone down which is great. I have a lovely hairband on to compress my head and the swelling. I have regained most of the feeling back in the head apart from maybe 3-4cms back from the incision line. I haven’t had any pain killers today and I feel fine. So far so good! I’m looking forward to being about to have the bandage off in a few days time so I can start getting used to my new look!

Day 2: not much to report today! Spraying my wound every 2 hours with a saline solution as instructed. I think I do this for one more day and then I can finally take this bandage off my face lol. The pain is basically non existent. Like there is a very dull tightness but if you’ve ever had Botox in your forehead, the headache you get after is way worse than what I’m feeling. I haven’t needed any of the pain killers they gave me which is great aswell. I will add some photos to the post. I laughed to my husband and asked him if I even look any different haha, but i really only got a small amount off my forehead so the difference is subtle. I think once my hair grows back in the scar line and behind it (as it was shaved a little) it will become much more obvious. I have a picture of the strip of skin that was removed if anyone is interested lol but I decided to save the gore!