Endoscopic forehead lift alone

Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD answers: Am I a good candidate for a brow lift and upper blepharoplasty surgery?

I have just turned 35 and noticed that my eyes are starting to look old. My eyebrows have dropped slightly and my upper eyelids always look tired and little puffy no matter how much I sleep. I have also noticed that my eyes no longer look as open and have the nice almond shape they had when I was in my 20's. So I would like to know if a brow lift combined with a blepharoplasty would be the right procedures to fix the problems I just mentioned or would just a brow lift by it self be sufficient?


Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD
6 months ago
By Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD - Los Angeles Oculoplastic surgeon

 Dear Kris

You probably do not need both a forehead lift and an eyelid surgery.  It is likely that the forehead lift alone will be all that you need.  Be certain that the surgeon you choose is comfortable with the endoscopic forehead lift.  Don't get talked into an open forehead lift.

Regarding BDD, ask yourself how many hours a day do you think about this issue.  If the answer is that you think about it constantly, you may have BDD which is a type of obsessive thought disorder.  You still have a brow issue but it may be that addressing the BDD with serotonin reuptake inhibitors will improve the obsessional quality of these intrusive thoughts and help you think more clearly about what you might need aesthetically.

 

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