At The Mandell-Brown Plastic Surgery Center, we offer several options for brow lift surgery. Each brow lift approach offers unique benefits and all approaches are able to provide beautiful results. Board-certified facial plastic surgeon Dr. Mandell-Brown can let you know which approach is right for you and provide you with outstanding results from your brow lift in Cincinnati.
Dr. Mark Mandell-Brown
Dr. Mandell Brown is a nationally recognized, triple board-certified cosmetic surgeon with over 30 years of experience performing facial, breast, and body procedures. Known for his Natural Look™ cosmetic surgery results, Dr. Mandell-Brown has the credentials and aesthetic eye to precisely tailor your procedure and safely achieve the results you desire.
Is a Brow Lift Right for Me?
Many patients do not realize the importance of the upper third of their face. Many patients will note the cheek jowling, eyelid sagging, and pay little attention to the forehead furrows or sagging eyebrows. Women may camouflage this area with bangs. Botox Cosmetic has helped focus attention on the forehead area.
Quite often, when patients have heavy eyelid skin, the eyebrows contribute to this. One way to check is to place your finger against your eyebrow. In females, the eyebrow should be above the bony eye socket or orbital bone. In males, the eyebrow can be just at the orbital bone, but not below it. If your brow is below this position, then you might benefit from a brow lift.
Brow Lift Approaches
Elevation of the brow can be performed with four approaches. The benefits and risks should be discussed during your consultation.
The five approaches are:
Direct Brow Lift
Incision is made directly above the eyebrow and excess skin is removed to elevate the eyebrow. Unfortunately, this incision may be difficult to camouflage but it is the most straightforward to perform and the brow can be more exactly contoured.
Mid Forehead Lift
The incision is made in natural horizontal skin creases in the mid forehead above each brow. These incisions usually heal in time and are an excellent option especially if the patient has deep forehead creases.
Full Forehead Lift
There are two approaches for the full forehead lift. If the patient has an average or low hairline, the incision is hidden in the hairline approximately two inches from the forehead. This incision is completely hidden and the entire sagging brow and forehead skin is elevated.
For those patients with high foreheads, the incision can be made at the hair and skin junction. The hair stays exactly in the same position and often an inch of forehead skin is removed. This hides the incision along the hairline and effectively lowers the high forehead.
Coronal Incision
Endoscopic Lift
With this technique, four or five small 1 inch incisions are made in the scalp. A special instrument and small telescope are used to elevate the tissues. Since no excess tissue is removed with this approach, the surgeon anchors the loose tissue with a suture secured to a small screw placed in several locations in the outer skull or through a small bone tunnel made with a tiny drill. A newer technique utilizes an absorbable plate with tiny hooks that hold up the skin.
Transblepharoplasty Brow Lift
This newer approach allows the plastic surgeon to elevate the brow through the upper eyelid incision. After removing excess skin from the upper eyelid, the soft tissue along the brow is elevated. An absorbable plate is anchored in the bone and the hooks hold the soft tissue upward.
Renuvion Skin Tightening
Renuvion skin tightening along the brow can serve as an alternative and a complementary treatment to a brow lift. As an alternative, Renuvion offers a less invasive approach to rejuvenate and lift the brow area. Its cutting-edge combination of helium plasma and radiofrequency energy precisely tightens the skin, leading to a subtle yet noticeable elevation of the brows, without the need for surgical incisions. This makes it an attractive option for those seeking a less intensive procedure. When used in conjunction with a surgical brow lift, Renuvion can further enhance the results by improving skin texture and firmness, and addressing finer lines that surgery alone may not tackle.
Brow Lift Recovery
The length of your recovery will vary based on the type of brow lift performed. Swelling and bruising tend to be minimal with an endoscopic brow lift but some degree of swelling and bruising is to be expected with any brow lift surgery. Pain should be minimal and can be managed with medication.
The Cost of Brow Lift Surgery
During your consultation, Dr. Mandell-Brown will examine the condition of your brow, ask about the aesthetic concerns you have, and ask about what your desired results are to determine which brow lift is right for you. The cost of your brow lift in Cincinnati will be based on the type of brow lift performed. Financing options are available.
Schedule a ConsultationA brow lift can help to rejuvenate the beauty of your face and bring back your confidence in your appearance. Dr. Mandell-Brown is a board-certified facial plastic surgeon and one of the top plastic surgeons in the Cincinnati area. He strives to provide our patients with the best brow lift results Cincinnati has to offer. Schedule a consultation today to learn more.
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Medically reviewed by Dr. Mark Mandell-Brown — Updated on Sep 9, 2024