Widow’s Peak Hairline: Identification, Causes, and Treatment

Let me ask you something: When you check your hairline in the mirror, what do you see?

Is it a straight line, an oval shape, or a hairline that resembles the letter “V”?

👉 If your answer is the latter one, and this look worries you, you are not alone.

This shape that we call a widow’s peak hairline leaves two concerns on patients:

1️⃣ They either not sure whether they look good with a widow’s peak hairline.

2️⃣ Or they worry that this might indicate the beginning of hair loss.

Regardless of your aesthetic or medical concerns, we will answer your questions.

In today’s article, I will explain what it is, what causes it, and your options to treat it:

Let’s start by understanding what it is first:

What Is Widow’s Peak Hairline?

A widow’s peak is the name we give to a v-shaped hairline. 

It’s pretty distinguishable as your hairline gets higher on the sides but lower in the middle. 

The tricky part is not detecting the hairline but knowing what causes it and acting accordingly:

What causes a widow’s peak?

It can either appear as a genetic trait (like your hair’s color or shape) or due to hair loss.

💡 In other words, a widow’s peak is not always a sign that your hairline is receding.

However, a receding hairline and hair loss from the temples can appear as a widow’s peak. 

So, it is essential to know the difference between them.

👉 And the best way to differentiate them is by checking how long have your hairline had a v-shape.

That is because a widow’s peak is usually noticeable from childhood.

But if your hair has only lately started to have a v-shape, then this might be an early sign of balding.

In either case, you have many options for treating or getting rid of it altogether:

How to Get Rid of Widow’s Peak? 💊

If you want to eliminate your genetic widow’s peak for your personal outlook choice, there are some simple daily tips you can use:

💠 Use a hairstyle that covers your forehead.

💠 Shave your widow’s peak in a striaght line.

💠 Wax your widow’s peak regularly.

For patients who are willing to try medical options to change how they look, there are also some surgical methods you can consider:

💉 Laser hair removal is a famous but risky long-term solution for removing widow’s peak.

💉 Electrolysis is another option that recently gained popularity amongst patients who want to eliminate their widow’s peak, but its effectiveness, in this case, is still being debated.

However, if the signs tell you that we are dealing with early-stage balding, then we have more promising and permanent options:

💊 Minoxidil to increase the blood flow in your scalp and stimulate hair regrowth,

💊 Finasteride for eliminating the production of the DHT hormone to prevent further hair loss,

🍀 Easier natural alternatives for reshaping your daily routine to a healthier lifestyle for your hair.

➡️ And lastly, knowing why your hair loss is happening in the first place can effectively stop the process before too late.

Unfortunately, depending on your hair’s current situation, it might be too late for daily medications to treat it.

This is where hair transplants come in:

Widow’s Peak Hairline Transplant 💉

If your hair loss has advanced too much (like the example at III A), or you have simply decided to have a straight-shaped hairline instead, then a hair transplant is the option.

👍 The beauty of a hair transplant is that you can design the hairline in any way you like if your doctor says it is suitable. 

So, while getting a transplant, you can choose the grafts to camouflage your widow’s peak and treat your temple hair loss alongside it. 

However, you should also remember that hair transplants do not prevent further hair loss from other parts that did not get a transplant. 

💊 If you want to keep the rest of your hair along with your new hairline, you should consider the daily medical supplements I mentioned earlier to use in the post-transplant process.

That being said, let’s look at your options for a transplant:

What’s the best hair transplant for a widow’s peak?

When it comes to getting a hair transplant of any kind, your two primary options are FUT and FUE.

💠 The FUT technique is a bit older and less preferable than the others.

In this technique, your surgeon removes the strip of skin tissue from the back of the scalp to harvest grafts.

Generally, extraction and harvesting in FUT require less effort and time than other methods. 

❌ However, despite this factor creating a still existing demand for FUT, it has a significant downside: Leaving nasty scars.

Since we use stitches to cover the skinless part and join two ends, FUT leaves scars visible even after complete healing.

👉 The best, most common, and guaranteed method for hair transplants is FUE.

In FUE, hair follicles are extracted from the donor site individually using a micro motorized punch and forceps and then planted into the donor area.

✅ With these tools, FUE creates a more precise process without needing a strip of skin, which leaves no detectable (to the eye) scars on the scalp.

Its only downside is that the surgery lasts longer since hair follicles are extracted individually. So, there is a tradeoff between quality and duration.

And what’s the price of this quality:

Widow’s peak hair transplant cost?

The cost and the necessary number of grafts for a widow’s peak hair transplant surgery are similar to any other ordinary transplant.

In other words, it depends entirely on you, on how much your balding has advanced and how many grafts your head will need.

✅ As of 2023, for a hair transplant surgery in Turkey, the average price per Graft is $1.3, while the average price for 2000 Grafts is $2676.

⚠️ Our final note for today is that all the clinical options here for treating your widow’s peak hairline affect your scalp skin deeply and sensitively. 

Without professional help, it is difficult to know if your widow peak is the early sign of hair loss or if this is your body’s natural structure that you can still choose to change with a transplant. 👍

So you better hear an expert physician’s opinion first:

Get a free consultation now 🩺

At UnitedCare, we begin your hair transplant process by offering you a free one-on-one consultation with our expert doctors to assess the overall health of your hair.

In the case of an early stage balding, we immediately detect this and suggest a solution accordingly.

Of course, even if your body is not experiencing any evident hair loss, you can still choose to have a transplant on your temple hairline to eliminate your widow’s peak.

If so, our holistic approach provides advanced technologies and bio-enhancements to ensure you do not need another surgery.

Once you have decided on a method, we begin the treatment with the utmost attention.

But most importantly, we stay in contact with our patients even long after the surgery, ensuring that your transplant becomes permanent.

Affordable hair transplant costs, a holistic approach, and experienced dermatologists on-site are here to provide you with the right solution.

Ready to begin the journey? Click here to start the first step with a free consultation: