Female Hair Transplant & Hair Loss Treatment – Lowering and Correcting a Wavy Hairline

I have always had a wavy hairline which goes far up onto my scalp. Recently, I have begun losing far more hair than considered normal. I am wondering whether there are any treatments available to possibly lower, and straighten my hairline and stop the hair loss as well.
Thank you,
Sherry
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Hi Sherry,

Thanks for your question. There is an enormous amount of variety in both male and female hairlines. You said that your hairline goes far up onto your scalp. I am assuming that what you are talking about is a receding hairline. You also said that your hairline is wavy & I assume that you mean that it is irregular-looking. You also said that recently you have begun to lose “far more hair than is considered normal.”
Hair loss can be very upsetting & sometimes devastating for the hair-loss sufferer. The first priority is to find out why you are losing hair. In females there can be many reasons for hair loss, such as genetic female-pattern hair loss, hormonal disorders, skin disorders and iron deficiency, so it is essential to visit a physician who is knowledgeable about the causes and treatment of hair loss.

If the diagnosis is female-pattern hair loss, there is medical treatment which can stop or slow down further hair loss. This medication is Rogaine (Minoxidil) and is available as a 2% solution or it can be prescribed “off-label” as a 5% solution to be applied twice daily to the scalp.

In order to lower your receded hairline, follicular unit hair transplantation can be performed, which can yield incredibly natural results. It is important that in “straightening out” your “wavy hairline” that the physician should create a hairline that looks random and not perfectly straight as natural hairlines are not perfectly straight and a good hairline should always try to mimic nature.

W.G. Mark McKenzie M.D.
Member, International Alliance of Hair Restoration Surgeons
Member, American Hair Loss Association
Diplomate, American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery
Medical Director
Seager Hair Transplant Centre

Mark McKenzie, MD Dr. Mark McKenzie graduated from the University of Edinburgh Medical School in 1985 and became licensed to practice medicine in Canada in 1986. While researching hair loss in the early 1990s, he became aware of the significant advances that were taking place in the field of hair restoration surgery, and he obtained training in Toronto and Boston in these new techniques, launching his own hair transplantation career in 1994. Since then he has performed hair restoration surgery in Toronto, London and Ottawa, Ontario as well as being invited by the Professor of Dermatology at Memorial University, to perform hair restoration surgery on his patients in St. John’s, Newfoundland. He has been a member of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery since 1995 and was won the “Best Presented Clinical Case Award” in the Poster Presentation section at their Annual Conference in San Francisco in 1999. Dr. McKenzie has demonstrated his techniques to plastic surgery residents from the University of Western Ontario & has lectured internationally to physicians on the subject of hair transplantation. Dr. McKenzie was delighted to be invited by Dr. David Seager to “take over the reins” of the Seager Hair Transplant Centre in 2006, and is dedicated to maintaining the same standard of excellence that patients have come to expect of the Seager Hair Transplant Centre. Dr. McKenzie is a member of the International Alliance of Hair Restoration Surgeons and recommended by the American Hair Loss Association. Visit Dr. McKenzie's Website: www.seagerhairtransplant.com

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