Also known as the brow lift, the forehead lift is gaining its increasing popularity in order to improve the facial appearance. This cosmetic surgery lifts the drooping brows preventing them to meet the eyelashes and smoothes the forehead creases and wrinkles. Forehead lifts are also vital for good looking eyelids and upper face revival. In this article, you will come across the various forehead lift methods.
>> The different methods
In the cosmetic world, a myriad of methods for lifting the forehead and eyebrow are available. Of all these, the most ancient one is the coronal lift. In this form, a quite big incision is induced at the rear of the hairline between the two head sides. Then, the surgeon lifts the brow as well as forehead as per the requirements followed by the closure of the incision with sutures. The most vital benefit of this forehead lift is flexibility in the sense that the brow can be lifted by a considerable amount by just discarding the required amount of skin. But, this type also has its own big disadvantages too. First, the procedure is quite costlier as compared to the other types. Second, a big scar will exist at the rear of the hairline, but will remain concealed if you have plenty of hair. So, for those in whom hair is not much or thick, the incision will not remain well hidden. Further, permanent numbness in that region can be experienced as few sensory nerves get cut during the procedure.
Next is the endoscopic forehead lift in which there is no need of a large incision. In this procedure, many tiny incisions are induced at the rear of the hairline. Then, via a small camera that is instilled through an incision, the forehead is raised. The main benefit of this forehead lift method is the absence of a big incision. But, the risk is that the incisions, as in the case of the coronal lift, are visible if the person does not possess enough hair. After lifting the forehead via incisions, many methods are used to sustain the forehead at a higher point. One such method is known as the suturing method that lifts the forehead and brow higher. Another technique is through a device known as Endotine. This device is comprised of a soluble substance that lifts the brow as well as forehead higher and maintains them at that point for some 3 to 6 months before getting dissolved.
One more technique of lifting the brow is known as transblepharoplasty forehead lift. Herein, the eyebrows are raised via an incision on the upper eyelid that is usually the way of blepharoplasty. As a forehead lift and blepharoplasty are done simultaneously many times, the brow is lifted in absence of an extra incision. In this method, the forehead and brow are treated from the incisions of the eyelid. Similar to the endoscopic lift, even this method uses the sutures and the Endotine. The main benefit of this method is minimal incisions due to which quick healing and apparently no scars become possible. The only limitation of this method is that the two body parts might not be elevated higher as in case of the other types.
In some patients, the brow tail actually descends significantly as compared to the other eyebrow parts. So, many surgeons would advise raising the tail rather than the central part. Raising the tail is just fine as it can induce the forehead lift effects without any surprising appearance. The tail can be raised by using the above methods too.
