1. The methods of brow lifts
How brow lifts are done
As you grow older, the skin on your forehead loses elasticity and gradually sags
downward, and the movement of your forehead muscles forms deep grooves in
the skin. But in addition to the downward slide, the skin also moves a little to the
center. Because of this, brow lifts are not just a matter of lifting the skin straight
up. It takes a skilled facial plastic surgeon, who knows precisely how skin migrates
on the forehead with age, to draw it back into place in the right way to recapture
the appearance of youth. Every forehead has a slightly different pattern of sagging
and wrinkling. Because of this, any attempt to reverse these patterns must be
tailored to the face in question.
Modern medicine has created the tools that allow a surgeon to go inside the
forehead, see the structure, positioning and attachment of the muscles and
connective tissue and figure out exactly where and how the work needs to be
done. The surgeon does this by inserting a tiny light and camera at the end of a
slender tube under the skin of the brow through small incisions. This is called an
endoscopic brow lift. After the surgery, pain medication will be needed for one to
two days. Swelling and bruising should be gone in no more than two weeks.
A brow lift may also be combined with other forms of facial plastic surgery to
create an overall younger appearance. The procedure can not only reduce brow
wrinkles, but can sometimes also remove signs of aging in the area of the upper
eyelid. If the skin of the brow has sagged into the space of the upper eyelid,
reversing this can restore some of the appearance of youth to the eyes. Slightly
different procedures can be used for men and women to preserve the masculinity
or femininity of the face, if the patient wishes.
Best brow lift surgeon in Charlotte
The best person to go to for a brow lift in Charlotte is Dr. M. Sean Freeman. He has
been certified by two different surgery boards, the American Board of
Otolaryngology (head and neck surgery) and the American Board of Facial Plastic
and Reconstructive Surgery. Since 1988 he has done only facial plastic surgery and
nonsurgical cosmetic procedures. He was one of the first doctors in the United
States to perform endoscopic brow lift surgery. As someone who has written
2. several papers and taught many courses on the subject, he divides brow lifts into
four types — the full brow lift, the three-quarter brow lift, the lateral brow lift and
the asymmetric brow lift. Contact his office or request an online consultation for a
discount on the consultation fee.