Finally Getting my Hairline Lowered! - Oakland, CA

Hello, Real Self Community! I am going to get my hairline lowered on June 20, 2016 with a Dr. Kabaker and I am so excited for this day to come! So, I have always had an enormous forehead. I was actually completely oblivious to the size of my forehead until high school came around. Kids teased me about the size of my forehead and this is when I began to wear side bangs. I've had the same hairstyle for what feels like a million years now and I am so sick of it. I hate being limited to just one particular hairstyle. I would love to pull my hair back without even thinking twice about it. I would also love to have a friendly relationship with the wind for once;) lol. although I am super excited to get this procedure done; I do have a few concerns. One, being that I have extremely thin hair! I'm afraid even after getting the procedure done, I will still end up having a high hairline due to the shock from surgery. I just don't want to be disappointed with my results. Another concern is that I scar very easily. You will see in the photos I will post, old acne marks that have never faded. If anyone that has had this procedure done can share their experience about hair loss and scarring, I would greatly appreciate it! I've already had my consultation with Dr. Kabaker, which I will write about in another post:)

So I had my consultation on 5/10/16 I believe. I've been so busy lately that I haven't had the time to write about my experience. I remember scheduling my surgery date a week after my consultation and thinking that 6/20 was so far and how it's going to feel like a very long wait. I seriously can't believe how fast the rest of May and June went. My surgery day is only 5 days away! I don't think it has really hit me until now, haha. Anyways, so when I first walked into the office the lady at the front desk had me fill out some paperwork. While we were waiting my mom was looking around/inspecting the office lol. She's a little on the overly protective side and didn't agree about me wanting the surgery, but she still supports my decision and will be there to take care of me:) anyways, a few minutes afterwards, I was taken back into a room. The doctor came in and kind of just swooped my bangs out of my face and started messing my head lol. He moved the skin on my scalp back and forth to see if I had enough elasticity for the one stage procedure, which I did...thank god! I asked him about my concerns, mainly my thin hair, scaring, length of recovery and how many centimeters he can take out. He drew two lines on my forehead. First one was way too high. It still looked like I would have had a big forehead the second one was lower and slightly better. I told him I like the lower line better and he said that everyone says that lol. If possible I would want it lowered just a little more, but only if it's safe to do so. The Dr. asked if I wanted to see a video of how the procedure was performed, which I certainly did but I was afraid that it would totally disturbed my mom lol. Surprisingly, she was really interested after watching the video and seeing a whole bunch of pictures. The video was super helpful in understanding how the procedure is done step by step. After the video we talked about a few other things and I asked to see photos of previous patients that had a similar forehead to mine. He found one woman who's forehead looked identical to mine and her results were amazing! It really made me feel good once I saw that. We also discussed me getting a hair transplant in the near future and that's about it. Hope this update was somewhat helpful!

My surgery is tomorrow (Ahhh so crazy!) if anyone happens to have any last minute advice before I go in (11:00am) I'd really appreciate it! I've never had any kind of surgery before so this is definitely a new experience for me. I'm wondering what others have used on their scar to lighten it overtime and also how you covered your stitches when in public. I'm scheduled to go back to work on Thursday; three days after surgery. Hopefully, it's enough time off. I'm also wondering when I can workout lol. I live a pretty active lifestyle so not going to the gym is going to be difficult for me. I'm sure I will get my questions answered tomorrow but really, any advice is very much appreciated!!! Thanks guys:)