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Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Shape of the Eyebrows

The one patch of hair that both male and female share are the eyebrows. With few exceptions, everyone is born with a pair of them. Their functional role in mammals is to protect the eye from water and debris from above. But humans go to great lengths to modify their natural hair pattern. Unlike the Read More…

Scar Outcomes from the External Direct Browlift Procedure

As one ages, many facial structures fall unless they are rigidly fixed to bone. One of these falling structures is that of the eyebrows. Normally the eyebrows are situated either directly in front of or slightly above the level of the supraorbital ridge bone. But with time, gravity and expressive movements, the brows may Read More…

Surgical Approaches For Glabellar Muscle Resection for Frowning

Successful browlift surgery is based on several key technical maneuvers. These include periosteal release, muscle resection and brow elevation with or without fixation. These steps allow for the brows to not only be elevated but hopefully reduce the amount of chronic muscle contraction in the glabellar region. Patients and some plastic surgeons hope that the Read More…

Botox Browlift vs Browlift Surgery for Forehead Rejuvenation

One of the classic signs of early facial aging are lines and wrinkles that form in the forehead and between the eyebrows. As a reflection of the numerous muscles that make our facial expressions, wrinkles inevitably form in linear arrangements that are perpendicular to how the underlying muscles are oriented and move. This is Read More…

Case Study: Upper Blepharoplasty and Browlift For Vision Obstruction

Background: Aging is a lifelong process that is both relentless and progressive. In the face, the earliest signs of aging occur around the eyes. Beginning with wrinkles and eventually ending up with sagging eyelid skin and brows, the eyes and its surrounding structures (periorbital region) show the range of manifestations that occur with the Read More…

Browlift Surgery Complications And Their Management

As one ages, there are numerous changes that occur around the eye area. Excess skin and wrinkles are the most commonly recognized but sagging of the brows can also occur. Sometimes the amount of excess skin on the upper eyelids is made worse by low hanging brows. This is why in some cases of Read More…

The Importance of Eyebrow Shape in Browlift Surgery

Browlift surgery is frequently used to lift up fallen or sagging eyebrows. Done either through an open scalp, hairline (pretrichial), or endoscopic incisional approaches, the underside of the eyebrow tissues are freed up from the brow bones (supraorbital ridges) and lifted and secured into a higher position on the bone. As a complementary procedure, Read More…

Forehead and Scalp Numbness after Browlift Surgery

Rejuvenation of the upper third of the face is done through a forehead or browlift procedure. Browlift surgery has evolved from the traditional open scalp approach (open browlift OBL) to that of a more limited incision endoscopic browlift (EBL) technique. While there are some reasons in whether one should be used over the other, Read More…

Case Study: The Hairline Browlift in Women

Background: Aging of the upper face primarily involves that which appears in the forehead. Falling of the eyebrows onto or off of the brow bone and the appearance of horizontal and vertical wrinkles are the classic, and quite frankly, only aging signs that can appear. The amount, if any, of brow sagging is the Read More…

The Hairline Browlift – Its Advantages and Recovery

While the eyes are a major attraction point in conversation and as an indicator of facial expression, what lies about them has a major influence on them. The upper third of the face is largely composed of the brow, the forehead, and the frontal hairline. (at least in women) The position of the eyebrows along Read More…