Shereene IdrissBoard Certified Derm, Founder and Chief Nerd

Shaving Your Hairline Part 2 #shorts

27 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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A short, advice-oriented monologue warning women that shaving their hairlines can worsen age-related hormonal pattern hair loss and lead to an enlarged forehead appearance. The speaker urges viewers to stop shaving their hairlines and recommends laser hair removal for people with very low (micro) foreheads as a lower-risk, lower-maintenance alternative, citing reduced razor bumps, infection, and inflammation. The clip invites viewer questions.

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Not to just be the bearer of bad news, doom and gloom. If you are a woman shaving your hairline as you get older, hormonal pattern hair loss, your hair is going to thin out. So as you keep shaving it following your hairline, guess what's going to happen? Yeah, huge forehead, not a good look. And last, before you come at me, laser hair removal changed my hairline and my life. Okay, but laser hair removal I recommend for people who have micro foreheads whose hairline is extremely low because as they get older and that starts to maybe recede, it will help them. Plus, when done right, it doesn't come with the risk factor of razor bumps, infection, inflammation, and hopefully in the long run, the maintenance is much lower. I know if you guys have any questions below, but please stop shaving your hairlines.