Can I Get A Completely Smooth Forehead?

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have an asymmetrical forehead with two bumps, one in height and one in width and one is larger than the other. I would like to know if it is possible to have a completely smooth forehead.

A:What you have are prominent forehead horns, one of which is bigger than the other which creates the major part of the forehead asymmetry. There are two fundamental approaches to your problem:

1) REDUCTION   You can reduce the bigger forehead horn to match better to the smaller one but I would doubt you could make both forehead horns completely flat as the thickness of the frontal bones may not permit such an amount of reduction. A CT scan would be needed to make that determination.

2) REDUCTION + AUGMENTATION You can reduce the larger forehead to match the smaller one and then cover the forehead with a thin layer of hydroxyapatite cement to make its contour all even. This would be the only way to make the forehead completely smooth.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgery