Can My Frontal Bossing Be Reduced?

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have questions regarding forehead reduction. I have very prominent frontal bossing. I would like to only do a forehead reduction but i was wondering if it would can look botched by such a procedure. Can you look at my forehead and tell me if a forehead reduction would solve my problem. I don’t want to shorten my forehead, as i love big foreheads, but I’m insecure about it being protruding.

A:Thank you for your inquiry and sending your pictures. The only effective treatment for frontal bossing reduction is bone shaving. The question with bone shaving is how thick is the fore head bone and how much reduction to be achieved. While you have expressed concerns about what I would call overcorrection, a.k.a. what you call a botched forehead, the reality is overcorrection is never possible in the fore head and a female because of the very thin bone. Conversely it is the opposite concern of which one should be aware, meaning can you do enough bone reduction based on the bone thickness to make the procedure worthwhile. In that regard I have attached some imaging of the most amount of frontal bossing reduction I think is possible. The purpose of the imaging is to help you answer the question if that was the result you achieved would that be enough of a reduction?

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon