London to Oakland to Lower my High Hairline with the Best - Oakland, CA

Thanks x

Thanks. Dollars. And I paid just after the pound crash so it was more in pounds than expected because of dam brexit affecting the worry of the pound! Dr Kabakar only has a few spaces left in January before he retires. It's worth the travel to him. My return flight to Oakland with Norwegian airlines was only £400

Oh no I had no idea he was retiring! I'm still saving so I guess it will have to be Dr Inglefield!

How much os Dr. Inglefield and where is he located?

He's in London,UK. There's quite a few reviews for his work on the forum.

I was just over 7.5cm and now I'm just over 6. But apparently it was lowered 2cm but doesn't appear that way as he chose to start the lowering a bit further back from the front of my hairline to get better density x

After reading her review, I too did a spontaneous decision. I've been contimplating the best time to do it and I was able to get a virtual consultatuon with Dr. K the next day. I also got a date and made my deposit the dame day. I just hope I am able to pull this off and traveling solo. My appointment date is January.

I first emailed in July but they said he was away until end of September they wouldn't let me pay a deposit until after a consultation. We made then 3 attempts of consultations over 2 weeks on different days but my phone wasn't working to receive FaceTime and Skype wasn't working. And the date I needed was 2 weeks away so in the end I begged them to just let me pay and come and they said that if for medical reasons they can't proceed I'll get my money back. I think they will just do their best for you no matter the situation. I really didn't care that I never had a consultation with him as I had total faith in him and he was at least able to review pics I emailed.

The nurse really looked after me afterwards. She told me before she's going to let me have a nap instead of wake me up as I'm by myself as precaution. And she did I remember waking up and she told me I'm ok and to sleep if I'd like and I did I swear they all stayed behind until I woke up myself bless them. Then I was taken to the hotel and received a phone call to check on me. Before they gave me all the pills plus more I needed. The antibiotics I took of course. And I had 2 different types of pain meds and nausea meds. I didn't touch the nausea ones as I didn't feel nauseous and only had pain meds night one just because she told me to not because I was in pain but there's enough to last for days. I would say take both pain meds first night just to have an amazing sleep the drowsy ones deffo makes you drowsy. The next day I went back for the wound cleaning and a new headdress for a day. Kabakar was there for that which was nice to hear him say I looked great as well as the nurse. The nurse is so cute she will tell you everything you need to do and not do when you leave more than once and make you repeat it so you remember aha and it's still written down. I was also given doctors note for the airport to explain why I have a head wrap on and notes for my own doctor which explains in detail what he did. They said they will get in touch around time for stitch removal but I can call them if I need and gave me an out of hours number too. When I had my rhinoplasty in England I had to get my own pain meds and my surgeon wasn't there when I had my cast off for reassurance and they never contacted me to check on me at home nor did I get notes to explain step by step what they did in theatre so I'm very impressed with their aftercare I can't think of any more they could have done for me

Congrats! You really don't need to worry about going alone. The only advice I'd give is if your suitcase is like 22kg like mine make sure it has wheels so you can push it and tell the taxi driver to lift it when it needs to be. Even when I was at check in i told the man at the desk I can't lift it and he was happy to put it on the belt for me. You'll be able to lift heavy things, but the nurse said don't so don't risk it. At the airport when security asks if they can pat around the headdress to check tell them no you had surgery. I gave them permission and they pressed so hard I had pain for a few hours that was the only pain I had. And they still drug checked my hands with the machine. Just let them swipe where they want to check for drugs but don't let them put their hands on you they press down too hard. You'll have a note to show them anyway. Get a neck pillow too or ask the hotel for extra pillows. The feeling of my neck pillow made all the difference. After surgery lying down straight gives you the feeling of how you feel doing a handstand like pressure blood to your head. The more your head is up the feeling goes and you feel good x

So the morning after surgery you went back to the dr and they checked you and placed another headdress? Did you then go home? How long before they told you that you can take off bandages. I just dont want to fly home with it. Since ill be doing a solo trip and want to be inconspicuous as possible when i get beck home.

I flew home 24 hours after the procedure straight after the big reveal, wound cleaning and new dressing. The nurse wanted to see me at 12pm but she moved it to 2.30pm for me so I could bring all my bags and go straight to the airport for my flight at 8pm from Oakland airport. I just put a huge Oakland raiders beanie hat on top so I just looked like I had a really big head. Another 24 hours after that (48 hours after procedure) you can take off your headwrap and wash your hair which you will want to do as it's full of thick antibiotic ointment people will notice. After that no one will notice if you put in a full fringe or you wear a headband because of the stitches for a week which are blue. So probably go home day after with a huge beanie if you live alone or with someone who knows, or 2/3 days after as you take of wrap and wash day 2 and wear head band or after the 7 day stitches apt x

Thank you so much. For all your information. I will follow your lead.

Thanks, I went by myself. The nurse kept me behind an extra hour to rest because I was alone, and dr Kabakar's assistant dropped me to the hotel as he lived nearby (I would have got uber otherwise) and he called my hotel room that night to check that I'm fine. I didn't actually need help with anything. The next morning i was sight seeing in San Fran by myself lol as I was leaving that evening. The only thing you need to avoid is crazy expressions. Someone made me laugh and that hurt a little bit (I think from lifting my eyebrows). I used a suitcase that just needed pushing. I only had to push it a few metres from taxi to bag drop, and push it to my partner who picked me up at Gatwick. The taxi driver did the lifting for me. That's the only thing I tried to avoid, lifting heavy bags because the nurse told me not to. On the airplane I would simply say "I've had surgery can you get my bag for me from the overhead compartment" and they would x

Thanks so much!

if you ask him he will tell you. He gave me the details of another doctor to do my revision rhinoplasty as he's retiring. I'm sure his assistant surgeon Daniel Butz will be great at hairline lowering one day as he's been working with Kabakar and has probably picked up some great skills. He's lovely and when I was chatting to him I was asking him lots of questions as I'm nosy I think he said he's in San Fran for a year to do some kind of training and when I asked if he will be doing hairline lowering still when he goes back to his home town he said yes

Aaaah! Thanks so much :) Do you know where "home" is for Dr. Butz?

I don't remember sorry. But I just googled him (Daniel butz md) and his LinkedIn is there and his surgery twitter that says his specialism is facial plastic surgery. It says he graduated from plastic and reconstructive surgery last year in Chicago, and he's with a clinic in San Fran since then. But I guess his home still may not be Chicago. He hasn't got his own site to contact him about surgery probably because he's an assistant surgeon, but it's worth taking note of his name for procedures that will be in a few years. I will be x