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

Problems with Endoscopic Brow Lift

Like any procedure problems can occur.  The endoscopic brow lift is no exception.  The problems that do occur happen approximately one percent of the time.  Your individual reviewing of the brow lift procedure should reveal low complication rates with a high acceptance rate.  Of course, counseling with your doctor should eliminate some of the risks.
Since this procedure can be completed under local anesthesia and/or general anesthesia you will have some recovery time either at home or in the hospital.  Can you be conscious for the procedure?  That will be a discussion during your initial consultation.   If so you probably will be aware of the sensations like tugging and pulling associated with it, and for most people that might not be unacceptable.  Being put to sleep by IV sedation would be the choice for most people including your physician, unless he sees otherwise.    As always there is an inherent risk associated with any anesthesia, if any symptoms occur before or after your surgery your doctor should be notified.  Stress and surgery go hand in hand.
Although the endoscopic technique is less traumatizing than the coronal lift, care should be taken when visualizing around the nerves and cutting around the hairline, nerve damage or minor hair loss may occur.  The surgeons experience may be a factor.   Irregularities of the forehead surface afterwards have been reported but may be rare occurrences.  Swelling, pain and minor bruising are considered a result of the procedure more than a problem.  A few days of rest and maybe some ice packs will reduce the pain and swelling along with some pain medication suggested by your physician.  There may be a possibility of numbness, but should subside with time. In rare cases numbness may be permanent.  Analyze your symmetry, make sure your eyebrows are even, if not, let your plastic surgeon know and he should be able to fix these types of problems.

Longevity of an endoscopic brow lift varies but on the average they last about 10 years and some patients will last a lifetime.  The health of the patient generally may determine the lasting effects.  Factors such as smoking and how well you treat your body physically and internally may also have a role.

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