Forehead Lift

Answer : Unfortunately, no lifting procedure is forever.  Depending on your age, however, you may never need another.  Younger patients (35-45)tend to have longer lasting endoscopic browlifts in my experience.

Answer : Unfortunately, it will do little for the large pores, age spots and horizontal lines.  The frown lines may be improved.  The horizontal lines are best treated with botulinium toxin or hyaluroinc acid injection.  The large pores and brown spots can be treated in number of different ways, including laser resurfacing, plasma resurfacing or skin products.

Answer : Wait, wait a minute.  This is a real operation and requires careful follow up.  Yes, some muscles are cut and absorbable suture can be used.  BUT, how do you know that this is the best operation for you.  If you have a very heavy brow or thick skin, an open approach may be better. To help you find the procedure that is right for you contact us to schedule a consultation.

Take a look at our pages on browlift and endoscopic brow lift. 
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You will be swollen and your eyes will be black and blue.  You will need to apply ice for 3-4 days.  There should not be much pain, just tightness. The length of time you have numbness varies with the approach, less with the endoscopic approach. Here is a link to our photo galleries on forehead lift:

http://www.drbentkover.com/procedures/browlift_foreheadlift_photos-worcester-boston.shtml

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An open forehead lift can be hidden the hairs at the front of the hair line.  This is called a trichophytic incision.  An endoscopic brow lift hides the incisions in the hairline but may be hard to do with a very high hairline.

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It depends on the type of browlift. In a direct brow lift the incisions are at the top of the brow. In a mid-forehead lift they are in a forehead crease. In an open browlift the incision is hidden at the hairline, In an endoscopic browlift, there are a series of small incisions at the hair line. A receding hairline can be a problem for the last two. Often a direct browlift or a midforehead lift is what is needed.

Check out these webpages:

http://www.drbentkover.com/procedures/browlift_foreheadlift-worcester-bo...
http://www.drbentkover.com/procedures/endoscopic_browlift-worcester-boston.shtml

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An endoscopic browlift (or endoscopic forehead lift) is performed through five small incisions hidden behind the hairline. Using a special sterile telescope called an endoscope, the surgeon can carefully identify and release the muscles which pull your brow down excessively. With an endoscopic browlift you can usually expect 3-5mm of elevation of the brow. The major advantage of the endoscopic approach is the small incisions and less post-operative numbness. If you need more elevation of the brow, an open technique may be better for you. The open forehead lift uses an incision hidden behind the hairline that extends from ear to ear (coronal incision), an incision hidden at the front of the hairline (pre-trichal incision) or a wavy, zigzag incision hidden in the fine hair of the hairline (trichophytic incision). Your incision may also be a modification that combines one or more of these types of incisions. The advantage of an open forehead lift is that it can give more elevation of the brow than the endoscopic technique, often 5mm to 1cm of elevation. The principle disadvantage of the open technique is a longer period of numbness of the scalp after surgery and sometimes some permanent numbness of the scalp.

Here is a link to some images: http://www.drbentkover.com/procedures/browlift_foreheadlift_photos-worce...