Browlift Surgery Guide

Advances in the field of keyhole surgery mean that a browlift can now be achieved with minimally invasive techniques, enabling faster recovery times with fewer possible side-effects. While modifications have been made to the surgical procedure, the definition of a browlift remains the same.

This is an operation deigned to correct the heavy overhanging folds at the outer half of the upper eyelids and lift the outer parts of the eyebrows. A browlift will also improve the creases on the forehead, and the central forehead frown lines. In some cases the procedure may be recommended as a more effective operation than blepharoplasty (eyelift surgery) and the browlift creates a marked rejuvenating effect on the face by opening up the eyes and producing a much more wide-awake look.

Browlift Surgery Overview

There are three basic types of browlift.

• Endoscopic Browlift. This is the most modern option. This surgical techniques has many benefits including minimised scarring and a reduced risk of hair loss or numbness. The procedure involves five small incisions just behind the hairline to allow keyhole surgery.

• Open Browlift: Open browlift surgery is performed using one long incision behind the hairline and is often a good option for people who are particularly heavy-browed. Both the endoscopic and open browlift work be freeing up and modifying the muscles in the brow, before reshaping the skin and removing excess skin. The result is a smoother more youthful appearance.

• Subcutaneous Browlift: This is a relatively simple procedure which gives subtle elevation to the outer eyebrows and is frequently used in conjunction with eyelift surgery.

Browlift Surgery Is Best Suited To

Women and men who feel that the creases and frown lines on their forehead give them a permanently concerned or angry expression. Browlift surgery can also be used to improve overhanging skin folds which give the brow and upper eyelids a weighed down, droopy or tired appearance.

While the procedure is most common in people in their 40's and 50's it can also be suitable for younger people who have inherited heavy sagging eyebrows and fullness in the upper eyelids.

The browlift is often undertaken alongside a facelift, as the browlift will reduce forehead and frown lines while the facelift focuses on the lower part of the face.

A Browlift Will

Sometimes be recommended instead of blepharosplaty, as a solution for drooping or heavy eyelids and eyebrows. While the standard upper eyelift procedure is suitable for correcting sagging eyelids, in some instances it will not sufficiently correct the excess of redundant tissue in the outer half of the eyelid. In these cases the cause of heavy or drooping lids is actually excess skin in the forhead or eyebrow, rather than the lid itself.

If you find that it is temporarily possible to improve the droop or heaviness of your eyelids and brows by holding up the skin on your forehead it is possible that a browlift would be the most appropriate surgery option.

Smooth and reduce lines and creases in the forehead and the central forehead area between the eyebrows.

If done correctly, effectively reshape and elevate the line of the eyebrows. If necessary, a strip of skin can also be removed along the frontal hairline to lower a high forehead.

Address the ‘dragging feeling’ in the eyelids and eyebrows which may cause headaches and migraine pain. In some people, the frontalis muscle is in a constant state of contraction to lift the eyebrows. There is increasing evidence to suggest that these headaches can be reduced by partially removing the corrugator muscles, which pull the eye downwards and forwards. This allows the frontalis muscle to relax.

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Related Treatments

• Mini facelift Surgery
• Browlift Surgery
• Eye Lift Surgery (Blepharoplasty)
• Nose Reshaping / Nose Job (Rhinoplasty)
• Dermal Fillers
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