Brow Lift

Introduction to the Upper Facial Structure

The upper facial structure consists of the forehead and eyebrows, where the skin in men and women alike tends to lose its elasticity. With age, the upper facial skin becomes prone to permanent lines that leave the face looking asymmetric, tired, and worn.

Your face should reflect exactly how old you feel, not how old the calendar dictates. If you are like most people, you feel much younger than the calendar says you are... yet your face doesn't show it. The brow lift is an ideal procedure for defying your age and reversing the apparent wear on your skin. It can restore your face to an appropriately youthful appearance.

Why a Brow Lift?

Wrinkles are caused by many cruel biological factors that wreak havoc through the layers of the skin. A brow lift procedure allows wrinkles to relax. This will give your face a tranquil and gentle appearance, rather than an angry, exhausted, or concerned look from an abundance of wrinkles. The brow lift can be performed alone or with other facial restorative surgeries. Adding a brow lift to such procedures as a face lift or eyelid surgery has a great combined effect of restoring your upper facial region to youth.

His: The Brow Lift for Men

A handsome man should have a strong forehead. It should not appear chronically angry because of his deep wrinkles or sagging eyelids. His eyebrows should run straight across his brow bone—any lower and his eyelids become impeded and he looks sleepy all day long.

These symptoms of aging are all reversed with a customized brow lift from Dr. Shapiro, a Scottsdale plastic surgeon.

A brow lift will return his eyebrows higher to the brow bone so he looks less grumpy, allowing his forehead muscles to relax while dramatically smoothing his skin. The result is a relaxed, contented appearance.

Hers: The Brow Lift for Women

For women, there is more pressure to look young and beautiful than for men. A woman's face should be smooth and gentle, with her eyebrows arching just above her brow bone – no higher or lower, lest she look very excited or concerned all the time.

A brow lift will relax her wrinkles—every woman's aesthetic dream come true—and restore her face to the beauty of a woman ten or twenty years her junior. She will look in the mirror and see her inner youth reflected... resulting solely from such a simple procedure as a brow lift.

Endoscopic Brow Lift

This type of brow lift is the most common of Dr. Shapiro's brow lifts. The endoscopic brow lift is for patients who have minimal to medium depths and quantities of wrinkles that they wish to tighten. It is a highly reliable, time-proven procedure that provides consistent and predictable results.

The endoscopic brow lift is a minimally invasive procedure, which means there is very little bruising or swelling from the procedure. The procedure involves inconspicuous incisions made throughout the scalp, hidden in the hair meaning that the thin, few scars that are left behind, are hardly noticeable by even the patient themselves. The recovery time is very quick; surgical sutures are removed within ten days, after which most patients can comfortably socialize without pain.

Open (Coronal) Brow Lift

An open (coronal) brow lift is a specialized procedure for patients with deep wrinkles or heavier skin, two conditions which may be found especially in men. Deep wrinkles in the mid-forehead and between the eyebrows can be lifted out by using an open brow lift technique.

Similar to the endoscopic brow lift, an open brow lift's incisions are placed on top of the scalp so that the minor scarring is hidden within the patient's hair. The larger incision allows Dr. Shapiro a Scottsdale plastic surgeon to directly manipulate the muscles in the facial regions causing the wrinkling. It is simply a more dramatic, more powerful endoscopic brow lift, with bigger results that are specialized for deeper wrinkles and heavier skin. This procedure is slightly more invasive than the endoscopic brow lift; however, if performed alone, the patient can still be discharged to go home after the procedure. Recovery time is the same ten days, and there is little bruising or swelling to deal with post-operation.