Endoscopic Forehead Lift

The aging that can affect the face, neck, and eyelids can also affect our brows. As tissues of the brow weaken and the skin becomes thinner, we will see changes in the brow. It can start to slide downward. I f your eyebrows or upper lids look and feel heavy, the brow is partially responsible much of the time.

Since forehead lines and sagging brows are among the earliest visible signs of aging, Endoscopic Forehead Lifts are a common cosmetic procedure men and women seek to regain their younger, warmer, more welcoming appearance.

What Is a Endoscopic Forehead Lift?

If your eyebrow is low, look in the mirror and lift it gently with your fingers, observing the effect it has on brightening the eye.This is what a Endoscopic Forehead Lift accomplishes. Several procedures, collectively known as Endoscopic Forehead Lifts or forehead lifts, can rejuvenate the look of your forehead, eyes, and eyebrows.These procedures may elevate your brows, eliminate lines in the forehead, and correct heavy upper eyelids by removing, tightening, or repositioning tissues, including skin, muscle, and fat. A Endoscopic Forehead Lift can also reshape your eyebrows, giving them an attractive arch where they might otherwise be flat. Since a Endoscopic Forehead Lift gives the eyes a more open look, it allows women to once again apply makeup to the skin under their eyebrows.

Sometimes, overactive muscles in the forehead are responsible for a furrowed or heavy-lidded look. These muscles include the procerus, which wrinkles the upper nose; the corrugator, which causes frown lines to appear between the eyebrows; and the frontalis, which raises the eyebrows. Endoscopic Forehead Lift surgery can remove, tighten, clip, or realign these muscles, diminishing the wrinkles they create.

A Endoscopic Forehead Lift can last from five to ten years, depending on lifestyle factors and maintained health.

Types of Endoscopic Forehead Lifts

Endoscopic Forehead Lifts are classified primarily by incision type and location. Your surgeon will advise you on the type of Endoscopic Forehead Lift most likely to achieve your goals.

Endoscopic (Minimal-Incision)

	Endoscopic Forehead Lift combined with facelift.

The endoscopic or minimal-incision Endoscopic Forehead Lift is the most commonly used technique for Endoscopic Forehead Lifts. The procedure is performed through three to five small incisions, usually a half-inch to an inch long.To guide the surgical instruments, the doctor inserts a miniature camera, which projects images onto a television monitor. Rather than being removed, excess skin is typically repositioned.

The surgeon lifts the forehead tissues upward and outward to give the brow the desired look. Once these tissues are healed, they will stay firmly in place. However, until healing occurs, they need to be "anchored."This is accomplished in a variety of ways. Some facial plastic surgeons create bone tunnels to anchor the tissue with a stitch. Others use small titanium screws in the bone or small absorbable plates.These plates are the size and thickness of a dime and have small spikes that hold the brow tissue like Velcro. After some months, they disappear as the body absorbs them.

The endoscopic approach has several advantages, including smaller incisions, nearly invisible scars, less swelling, and faster recovery.

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