What to do about uneven forehead bossing?

[elle2011]

I had ffs over two years ago and its always bothered me that right above my eyebrows there are two areas which stand out like balls almost, its subtle but I definitely see it, and when I touch it or press down on it it feels really really hard like bone. So I am pretty sure its just not evenly bossed down, I wonder what I could do about this, I don't want to have to reopen my forehead again.. any ideas ladies?

[Jennygirl]

Well some FFS surgeons offer endoscopic techniques that require minimal opening. I know Zukowski does this, not sure about any of the others but I bet you could find it elsewhere too.

He calls it a "pure endoscopic" technique. Obviously you wouldn't require a lift, just the shave correction?
http://www.mlzukowski.co.uk/index.php/procedures/face/pure-endoscopic-biplaner-brow-lift

[Celia0428]

Have you asked the surgeon who operated on you? What did they say?

[missy1992]

I had ffs over two years ago and its always bothered me that right above my eyebrows there are two areas which stand out like balls almost, its subtle but I definitely see it, and when I touch it or press down on it it feels really really hard like bone. So I am pretty sure its just not evenly bossed down, I wonder what I could do about this, I don't want to have to reopen my forehead again.. any ideas ladies?

i've the exact same problem and would love to know. I went with Spiegel (as I believe you have) and those boney "bumps" are somewhat of a bother for me as well.

[Jennygirl]

What type of forehead procedure was it, do you know? (type 1, 2 or 3?)

type1: thick frontal sinus wall - burring method
type2: moderately thick sinus wall or low bossing - burring and fill method
type3: thin sinus wall - forehead reconstruction

[Kiwi4Eva]

I had ffs over two years ago and its always bothered me that right above my eyebrows there are two areas which stand out like balls almost, its subtle but I definitely see it, and when I touch it or press down on it it feels really really hard like bone. So I am pretty sure its just not evenly bossed down, I wonder what I could do about this, I don't want to have to reopen my forehead again.. any ideas ladies?

Do you know what I would do?  I would go back to the surgeon and ask for a partial refund.  Let me explain why...

A few years back I had most of my teeth crowned by a dentist in the country I live in...I learned about 2 years later that he had actually had these crowns made in Hong Kong.  Now, that's OK except he didn't tell me and I didn't know there was a difference in quality...another dentist commented to me about my "Asian looking crowns" on a routine check-up.  I was furious - because I had paid top dollar for the work.  I wrote to him and told him that I wanted a partial refund and why.  I told him that I would agree not to disclose who he was if he agreed.  He did, and I got about 25% of my money back!

It pays sometimes to stand up for what is right.  Sure you don't want to be opened up again.  Neither would I.  We have rights and some of them are morally motivated.

Good luck and PM me if you want any further info...

[lisakmoore]

Sorry to post to such an old thread, but I have this exact same issue!  It's not bad in natural lighting, but it shows up EXTREMELY noticeably in photos (more so with flash).  I had my surgery with Dr. Di Maggio and he said he could fix if I returned, but it would require an entire hairline incision again.  I had a very difficult time with my original incision healing and scarring very badly, so I'm extremely reluctant to do it again.  The endoscopic approach sounds more reasonable, but I don't know of any doctors aside from Dr. Z who do it.

Has anyone had any luck getting a revision to fix this problem???

[Jennygirl]

It probably would be very smart to ask Dr. Mi Maggio exactly what he thinks the problem was (if it is an issue that would require shaving or a reconstruction). Perhaps the bone is very thin right there due to a frontal sinus, and needs to be reset?

In the case that you would need a reconstruction, the endoscopic approach isn't possible. If it's just a revision brow "shave", you could save yourself some scarring and go endoscopic.