Endoscopic Brow Lift

Gravity and our Body

As we get older we find ourselves losing against gravity.  All our external parts tend to follow toward the ground including our eyelids and eyebrows.  Fortunately there are procedures that help us look youthful like the endoscopic brow lift. Our looks are important to us because it affects the way we think about ourselves and react toward others.  Nobody likes to go under surgery, especially if the surgery is not a life saving event but a cosmetic necessity.  What are the risks?  Does the plastic surgeon have enough qualifications or experience?  These are the questions that you have to ask yourself.  To find a reputable surgeon in any field is sometimes a task in itself. People choose surgeries like this because of the need for a dramatic change of the eyes.

Younger Looking Eyes

Our eyes are a communication tool; they are the window to the world.  The eyes are what people fix on when we are conversing and socializing.  The younger the eyes look the better we look. The endoscopic brow lift or sometimes called the forehead lift or eyelift can help the eyes become more presentable and enhance our looks. The eyelids droop when we age; therefore, making us seems a little more like we are angry or even tired.  The surgeon will elevate the brow by moving the eyebrows, separating them from the tissues underneath the skin.  The procedure does not seem to complicated, 3 to 5 incisions are made around the hairline so they remain hidden.  The skin is pulled up, away from the tissues, the muscles are visualized with an endoscope and are manipulated and cut and some may be removed.  The muscles that cause the frown lines are located between the eyebrows, they are called the corrugators.  They are known to be the frowning muscles because of there use during frowning or the expression of suffering.
This method seems to be better than a coronal lift.  Instead of cutting across the forehead and causing a more traumatic shock to the skin and nerves, an endoscope can be used to visualize every muscle, vein and nerve under the skin.  It’s a supposedly more natural lift, a look that brings back a younger version of what you used to be.  The recovery time is much shorter than the traditional facelift.  Of course, the type of surgery that you choose is up to you.
The youthful look that we once possessed becomes ours again because the procedure will lift the brow.  The procedure seems to work well on most people.  Of course, your facial structure, the methodology of the plastic surgeon, his experience and talent all come into play.
Men are beginning to have these procedures performed because of the fast recovery time and the results are effective.   In the business world it is more favorable to hire younger more youthful prospects.   A professional older businessman sometimes might need a younger look to feel better and be accepted in a younger society.  The endoscopic brow lift is better suited for the 40 to 60 year old patients.   It works better for the younger people who don’t need major facial lifts or procedures but cosmetic surgery.

Endoscopic Video Procedure for the Lift

This video will either make you run the other way from the procedure or you will just be better informed.

Basically this video will show you how the cuts are made to access underneath the skin.

  • The dissection planes
  • Visualization pockets
  • Placement of the endoscope and elevator
  • Location of muscles in face and nerves
  • Actual elevation of forehead
  • Cauterization of veins

Tummy Tuck with the Endoscopic Method

The stomach area of the abdomen has a few areas that suffer during pregnancy or just with age. The abdominal muscles stretch especially after having a few children. The skin stretches, loose skin develops and the stomach area changes forever. To some woman it is quite disturbing, some deal with it, others try tummy tucks. Some people prefer the endoscopic method, also known as minimal incision abdominoplasty.

The muscles that are positioned in your abdomen are called rectus abdominus muscles and there are two of them sitting side by side connected by a tissue. Tummy tucks are performed by reconnecting the rectus muscles. They can be connected either by cutting the skin and moving the skin out of the way or using a tool called an endoscope to visualize under the skin.

If The skin is cut and removed, scarring can occur. With an endoscopic tuck there are a few cuts and minimal scarring.The regular tummy tuck stretches out the skin downward will give the skin a youthful appearance. Keeping the skin intact would be preferred for those who have an already thin figure and skin that is intact and not already stretched due to fat deposits.

The advantage of an endoscopic tummy tuck is that small scars would be hidden by the belly button and by the belt line.

Using an Endoscope has its advantages, but unfortunately not every one is a candidate. If too much skin is loose or the doctor decides that the endoscopic tummy tuck is not appropriate, then a Tummy Tuck Abdominoplasty may be he better choice. Usually the best candidate for an endoscopic procedure is with people who are thin to begin with and have that excess pouch by the belt line. So the criteria and the window of opportunity is small.

What is the Cost for a Tummy Tuck

Tummy tuck  prices  used with an Endscope can range for as low as two thousand five hundred dollars to  eighty five hundred dollars. Of course there are different costs depending on the experience of the surgeon and who they perform this on.

Decisions to have this procedure performed you have to take into account what you are willing to spend, what you want to experience after the surgery,( i.e. pain and recovery time) and if you want to weigh in what risks you want to expose yourself to.