Side Effects of Hairline-Lowering Surgery. About 30% of patients witness some temporary thinning and hair loss. This hair returns after about 3 months. It is called Telogen Effluvium, in case you want to read more about it. It is not unusual to believe the forehead is still too big. This is partly caused by the deeply ingrained self-consciousness that impacts how you see yourself, but it can also be affected by an optical illusion, which makes you see a bigger forehead.

Plastic surgery means that you go three steps back before you look better, which can make you feel victorious in one moment with a shortened forehead, but then, when you look in the mirror, you see your scar and you think, “oh no what have I done?”.