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Q: Dr. Eppley, Hi there Dr 👋I’m wondering if you can help me. I am really insecure about my forehead scar from a previous hairline lowering surgery. They made it too low, so I had to have some of the hair removed to make my hairline bigger again, but now the scar is evident. Ive been told I could have a tissue expander then surgery to remove the scar.

A: You nave correctly surmised that the only way to lengthen a forehead (move back the hairline) is to expand the forehead skin to allow it to stretch. While that scar you have now would be removed there will be a new scar further back from the forehead lengthening. The tissue expander allows the hairline to move back but does not in the end eliminate a hairline scar.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon