An Eyebrow Lift, also known as a Brow Lift or a Forehead Lift, is a Facial Aesthetic surgery that aims to achieve a youthful look by reducing the wrinkles and lines on the forehead and by lifting the patient’s eyebrows.
Due to aging, the skin can lose its elasticity and might cause wrinkles and tired facial expressions. Patients may consider an Eyebrow Lift if they have sagging skin near their brow area or have uneven brows.
Due to the soft tissues and the skin not being able to restore their original position over time, the brow line typically begins to droop at age 35. Conspicuous wrinkles and fine lines may appear along the forehead. Patients above 40 years old usually make good candidates for Eyebrow Lift surgery. Patients also need to be healthy enough to undergo anesthesia.
Before Eyebrow Lift surgery, patients should:
Also, the patient's face will be examined and measured, and the surgeon might have photographs taken so that the patient can compare the appearance before and after the Eyebrow lift surgery.
There are 2 commonly used Eyebrow Lifting techniques :
Both methods involve the Plastic Surgeon lifting the forehead tissues and fixing them at their new place using sutures.
A Coronal Incision is more invasive and is usually advised for patients with high foreheads, while the Endoscopic Incision is less invasive, leaves less scars and has a shooter recovery period.
Eyebrow Lift Surgery takes approximately 1 to 2 hours.
After the procedure, patients are advised to:
As the incisions heal, the patient might experience itching and numbness, which will likely go away within a few days.
While Eyebrow Lift, especially Endoscopic Eyebrow Lift, is minimally invasive it still has risks like any other surgery. These risks include, but are not limited to:
Asymmetry may even out during the healing process, if asymmetry is persistent revision surgery might be recommended.