Hair On Face

[Tmarch]

Hi Damien, Im hoping to fix this hair up if possible? Any suggestions? My attempt so far has resulted in a mask type flat forehead. Ill post this attempt for you to laugh at and point me in the right direction. So far I did some sampled patching, cloning and painting, but its obviously missing texture and tone. 

[Tmarch]

[Damien Symonds]

This will probably require a "skin graft" from her arm, but before we explore that, are you sure you don't have any other photos of her forehead without the hair, that could be used for a forehead swap?

[Tmarch]

Actually, I hadnt looked at other setups. All the shots of this pose were affected but I might be able to try this one, the lighting is a bit different but it might work.

[Damien Symonds]

Yeah!!!!  I think that has great potential, as long as the focus is equivalent.

[Tmarch]

Success!! Thank you!

[Damien Symonds]

Now, add a Hue/Saturation layer, and clip it to that new forehead layer.  Move the "Lightness" slider to about -50, then invert the mask to hide the adjustment.

Then very patiently (with a very low opacity brush) paint to darken the new forehead, until it looks plausible.  Particularly the right-hand side above the eyebrow, where it should be more shadowed.