I mean not to give the game away but i has the forehead wrinklies and a bitch of a widows peak 😂

I seems to get by fine, it can be a bit stressful being in wind, but nonetheless gotta power through it. Im also of the mind that id rather have bangs than bare forehead so totally get where youre coming from.

Maybe talk to a different stylist? Or definitely branching out into different hair products @Nikki@lemmy.blahaj.zone has great hair and has had advice for it before so maybe she'll grace us with her presence (sorry bout the ping nikki 😂)

If nothing else theres always wigs! I never really wore them out but i totally did get a few just to see the styles of hair i would want the most, and i think i can achieve it naturally, despite genetics.

You got this and i believe in you! ❤️

i take oral finasteride and minoxidil with some supplements for hair growth. its helped fill out my hair a lot compared to before i started hrt but hasnt quite resolved the widows peak, if it ever will.

one thing i havent seen anyone else mention is microneedling. in theory its supposed to help with both wrinkles and hair. basically the idea is you jab a bunch of tiny needles into your skin to cause damage that increases blood flow and causes a healing response. theres some evidence that it can help thicken hair on the scalp, so might help with the widows peak. using it on your forehead might help with the wrinkles too. basically the idea is causing the micro damage and the associated healing can increase the amount of collagen in the skin and make it tighter, helping smooth out wrinkles.

i got a Dr. Pen microneedling device. it has adjustable needle depth and speed. a pen has been shown to be much more effective and safe than a dermaroller, which can cause scarring and potentially hyperpigmentation if i remember correctly. im not 100% sure how well it has worked because hair growth is slow, but ive done it on my scalp a couple times lol.

I have some significant wrinkles on my forehead when I raise my eyebrows and a pretty intense widows peak, but both are basically invisible because I have bangs. The only reason I have them is because I haven't cut my hair significantly in the last year, but they're still bangs! I also have rather curly hair, so that helps with breaking up any lines you might see through them, but I basically leave my forehead untouched when I do my makeup they cover so well. I don't know what that stylist was talking about with bangs not working with a widows peak, because everyone I know has advised me to keep the bangs, hairsylists included, so maybe try a different stylist. You can see what my hair looks like in my post history.

Edit: Wow I just looked back at that picture and my bangs are nowhere to be seen in that photo! Fortunately, neither is my widows peak

Sunscreen needs to be part of your daily routine, and you should add a retinol to your nightly routine. If you've never used one before, I highly recommend slowly working up to every other day so your skin doesn't suffer. Sun exposure ages your skin, retinol triggers cell turnover and reduces wrinkles and hyperpigmentation

Even with bangs you should still apply sunscreen to your forehead. And you should get the bangs :) Find a stylist who is comfortable starting them farther back. You could also try clip-in bangs, they are much much cheaper than full wigs

I always look at scientific studies to help me understand various skincare effects. Here is one on copper. I haven't used the copper glow cream yet so I can't say how effective snap-8 is with in practice (always different than in the lab 😂), but I have made my own copper serum and my forehead was baby smooth in a few months. Word of caution though, if you choose to use copper avoid the other chemical exfoliants including retinol. You'll damage your skin barrier that way

Get the bangs though :)

Fire your stylist. Your hairline has no impact on bangs just start them a tiny bit further back.

Maybe get a perm? Mine is 3Cish and starting to thin into a widows peak, but I can't tell unless I have just stepped out of the shower because it just sort of fills in the gaps.

Are you looking for a longterm strategy? Something more short term, or maybe just for the day?

Wrinkles come with age anyway. Not sure if yours are age related or skin issues or what. Good moisturizers can be useful to smooth them a bit, ones with estodiol help some people. But if they're age related, there's not a lot you can do outside of plastic surgery and I'd they're not, they'll be back with age, lol.

I have bangs to cover up my receding hairline and age related wrinkles. But I don't want them forever, so it's a medium term solution.

I moisturize a lot as a long term reduction strategy, but they will never get better, only get worse slower. I like the MAC Hyper Real SkimCanvas balm, but I don't use it daily since it's a bit pricey for my taste. I use it in combination with a more traditional facial moisturizer from Cetaphil. But I also have really sensitive, combination skin, so I have to be cautious. If you don't, then experiment...

Make up can help as well. I'm not a great makeup artist, but a good primer and foundation can go a long way. There are products specifically designed to reduce the visibility of wrinkles and techniques that real makeup artists use for it as well.

Another immediate strategy is to practice more muscle control of your forehead. If you tend to skruch your face with stress like me, then learning to relax your forehead muscles helps reduce visibility a bit.

Eventually I plan to get facial feminization surgery once I'm through the wait lists, which will help a bit when they straighten my hairline as well, but again, just a cat and mouse game with age. There, however, are completely cosmetic procedures that can do a lot more to stretch out the skin combined with skin relaxers, but yeah, you have to do them multiple times as you age and it becomes effective for a shorter time each time. And they are very expensive. Mostly just rich people do that to stay looking younger.

Anyway, these are the options I know of and some I have used. If your hairline is really too receded for bangs then facial feminization may be your best long term bet if you have it available. Otherwise, try some moisturizers and/or consult a makeup pro. I've found even the workers at the MAC store are sometimes really good at the basics, too, even if they aren't seasoned pros. Videos exist online as well. All of that is essentially free. But it's sometimes hard to cut through the marketing nonsense to find products that really work, so consult older women around you. We all have to deal with it eventually, even if yours are probably more visible than average from the receded hairline. 😁

Edit: oh, forgot, wigs. I have curly hair so it's taken a couple of years to get it just down to almost collar length. I have a couple of wigs, just cheap, costume quality ones, but I only really have worn them out when I was dressed up. It's also nice because my hair is dark and so it's difficult to dye it and I can change that up with a wig, too. Wigs get a bad rap, but even cheap ones aren't too uncomfortable unless you are sweating a lot. Not good for all day. But more expensive ones I've heard can be comfortable for all day use and they typically use real hair so you can style the hair some, too. If you don't want a wig, you could look into extensions or other options that might require gluing down the hair, but they won't look as natural of course. We've all seen Trump's comb over 🤣.