Brow lift
Raise Eyebrows Everywhere
Form MD Plastic Surgery offers the brow lift to patients who would like to raise their eyebrows and minimize the horizontal creases across the forehead and nose and the vertical lines between the eyebrows.
Also called a forehead lift, a brow lift is a surgical procedure that addresses the forehead and eyebrow area that has descended as a result of aging. A youthful brow is typically located above the orbital rim bone.
The Potential of a Brow Lift
One visible sign of aging is drooping eyebrows that begin to cover up the eyes, causing them to appear deeper and more crowded.
A brow lift raises the eyebrows and returns them to their natural position while avoiding a surprised look.
The procedure also aims to eliminate or minimize the deep horizontal creases that form across the bridge of the nose and the forehead, as well as the vertical frown lines located between the eyebrows.
A brow lift doesn’t address the upper eyelid skin, but raising the brow does help decrease some of the skin redundancy that is treated with an upper eyelid blepharoplasty. Oftentimes, the two procedures are performed simultaneously.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who can benefit from a brow lift?
The brow lift can benefit individuals with droopy or descended eyebrows that create an appearance of having tired or closed eyes. Individuals with significant eyebrow descent often exert a lot of energy using their forehead muscles to lift the eyebrows, which in turn forms prominent horizontal forehead creases. It is normal to raise the eyebrows when speaking and interacting with others, but needing to use the forehead muscles to raise drooping brows is one sign an individual should consider a brow lift.
How is the procedure done?
There are many different ways to perform a brow lift. Whichever technique is used, the procedure raises skin, soft tissue, and muscle to the underlying bone at the level of the orbital rim. The procedure also weakens the muscles between the eyes in the glabella region (very commonly treated with Botox). This allows the surgeon to reposition the brow and forehead tissue and achieve the desired effect.
Our team prefers the endoscopic or minimally invasive brow lift. This approach requires placing five short incisions well behind the hairline to give the surgeon access to the forehead and brow, and allow him to move or reposition the tissue and skin as necessary.
Once the brow repositioning sutures have been placed, they are anchored higher up into the bone on the forehead and used to suspend the brows in a naturally arched position. The incisions are entirely hidden behind the hairline, meaning patients won’t have any visible scars on their forehead.
The brow lift may also be done by placing the incision in front of the hairline to allow the surgeon to remove underlying skin and tissue, and directly raise the brows. This approach is best for patients with a long forehead or a receding hairline. The surgeon will take care to angle the incision with the hair follicles so that the scar fades away and is well hidden.
Another technique that may be used to perform a brow lift is to directly remove the skin and underlying tissue directly above the eyebrow. The incisions are placed on the upper border of the eyebrow hair and the scar fades. This approach is commonly used in men or in cases where incisions higher up on the forehead are not ideal.
Our team prefers the endoscopic or minimally invasive brow lift. This approach requires placing five short incisions well behind the hairline to give the surgeon access to the forehead and brow, and allow him to move or reposition the tissue and skin as necessary.
Once the brow repositioning sutures have been placed, they are anchored higher up into the bone on the forehead and used to suspend the brows in a naturally arched position. The incisions are entirely hidden behind the hairline, meaning patients won’t have any visible scars on their forehead.
The brow lift may also be done by placing the incision in front of the hairline to allow the surgeon to remove underlying skin and tissue, and directly raise the brows. This approach is best for patients with a long forehead or a receding hairline. The surgeon will take care to angle the incision with the hair follicles so that the scar fades away and is well hidden.
Another technique that may be used to perform a brow lift is to directly remove the skin and underlying tissue directly above the eyebrow. The incisions are placed on the upper border of the eyebrow hair and the scar fades. This approach is commonly used in men or in cases where incisions higher up on the forehead are not ideal.
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With a brow lift, you can rejuvenate the area around your eyes and smooth out “worry lines” between the eyebrows. As an added benefit, a brow lift can help lift drooping upper eyelids.
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