Hairline lowering/forehead reduction

I found this site while searching for hairstyles to cover my high forehead. It was something I was bullied about by my sister at a young age and has been something I consciously, more than once a day, notice about myself and hated. Always having a fringe, scared to swim, be outside on a windy day, get my hair wet, or get my picture taken in general, I knew this was something I needed to do for myself. It was reviews on here and encouragement from my husband that helped give me the courage to go through with this surgery, so I’d like to document mine in hopes it will help people just like me make a decision!
Through research on here and websites, I decided to go with Dr. Gal Aharonov, MD located in Beverly Hills, CA. He has done over 3,000 hairline lowering procedures over the past decade, more than any surgeon has. His FROST procedure to lower the hairline without the use of expanders, along with his super natural results and very minimal scar visibility is why I chose to go with him.
I had my Skype consultation with him in June, as I had to fly to LA for my procedure from Canada. I had my consultation today at 4pm- pretty easy to find and a parkade right across the street. As most boast, I was greeted with kindness and a hug by the very lovely Faye. She is genuinely sweet and caring about all Dr. Gal’s patients and very helpful. Dr. Gal went over basic information about the surgery, confirming I was sure I wanted it, and discussed my vision and what I wanted. Although I forgot to measure how high my hairline is now, he recommended 2cm and I told him to go with what he felt was natural looking. He wrote out my prescriptions for the antibiotics, pain meds and anti-nausea meds to pick up, as well as the hair rinse I got from the Rite-Aid across the street. My surgery is scheduled for tomorrow morning and I have to be there at 8am. I’m a little nervous, but excited! I think it will be life changing for the confidence it will give me :)

Surgery went well I think! Dr. Gal and I agreed to take it down 2cm (which would bring it down 3cm on the recession aides, but overall it’s brought down evenly to round out the hairline. He said I had a cowlick on one side (where the hair grows back, not forward) and it might jut make the scar a touch more visible in that spot. They hooked me up to the IV with anti-nausea, vitamins and minerals etc. Surgery lasted about two hours I think. The nurse said it doesn’t hurt to take one anti-nausea pill before you start feeling sick because it’s more preventative and won’t stop it once it comes! Icing on and off between my neck and eyes every 20 minutes. So tired and hard to sleep sitting up and having to switch icing, but not feeling too terrible on a scale of 1-10, pain is probably a 4-5. Going to try and get some sleep here and dressings come off tomorrow! Excited to see the results!

Yesterday was a little rough after my surgery cocktail wore off. After seeing other reviews and talking with the nurse, I took the anti-nausea pill before I started to feel sick (I’ve had three other surgeries and have been sick from the anesthetic with all of them) and nothing seemed to work. I was sick 3 times yesterday and quit taking the prescribed pain meds after the first time I took them because they made me sick as well. My husband ran to the store and got me regular Tylenol 500s and I switched to those. I switched icing my eyes and neck every 20 minutes. Faye recommend getting a couple bags of corn because they freeze fast in between (and don’t get mushy like peas haha) so that’s what I’ve been using. Sleep was hard to come by, but the day the first night is the worst to get through so here’s hoping! I have some swelling on the side of my face and bruising behind my ears but Dr. A said that’s normal. I’m feeling a bit better today after getting the bandages removed, just looking to catch up on sleep and a little sore. First shower was super weird not being able to feel the top of my head. Didn’t quite get all the stuff out of my hair but keeping my incision moist with the ointment and hopefully see some swelling go down over the next few days! Really happy so far with the way it looks and following Dr. A’s recommendation to lower to what he thought was natural for my face. Really excited the recession on the sides are finally gone!