- Indicative price
- 3,000,000 - 8,000,000 KRW
- Procedure time
- 3 - 6 hours
- Anesthesia
- Local, sometimes with sedation
- Recovery
- Sutures at 7-10 days for surgical advancement, growth from 3-4 months
- Minimum stay in Korea
- 7 days
- Also known as
- Forehead reduction, Female hairline surgery, 헤어라인 교정
Transplantation gives a soft, natural irregular hairline but takes a year to show its final result and rarely produces high density in one session. Surgical forehead reduction moves the whole hairline down by two to three centimetres immediately, but requires adequate scalp laxity and leaves a fine scar along the new hairline.
The two are often combined, with grafts placed in front of the surgical scar to camouflage it.
Clinics offering Hairline Correction
Frequently asked questions
Hairline transplant or forehead reduction surgery?
Transplant suits irregular or receding hairlines and gives a natural soft edge over twelve months. Forehead reduction suits a uniformly high hairline with a lax scalp and gives an immediate two to three centimetre change, at the cost of a fine scar.
Is hairline surgery permanent?
Transplanted follicles taken from the permanent donor zone keep their genetic resistance to hormonal loss and persist for life. Surrounding native hair can continue to thin, so long-term medical therapy is often advised.