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Brow Lift for Forehead Increase

asked 1 year ago by hersheykissy in tx
Latest answer by Rian Maercks, MD
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Tags: age 25-34, forehead, female, hairline, lengthen

I have a very low hairline (forehead). my forehead is about 2 inches in length. I really would like to increase the size of my forehead just a little. Could an endoscopic brow lift increase the length, if so how much? I am a 25 year old female. thanks for any help or suggestions.

14 answers to Brow Lift for Forehead Increase

Forehead height and brow lift types

An endoscopic forehead lift will raise the hairline, as will every brow lift that involves an incision above the hairline. Endoscopic lifts in younger patients tend to have a higher recurrence rate.

Brent Moelleken, MD
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon

www.drbrent.com

Beware of brow lifts! Focus on the lateral hood!

Be very careful when asking for a brow lift, you might get it. If you look up brow lift results in published papers and before and afters you will see that many surgeons successfully lift the brow. Unfortunately a true brow lift makes patients look scared or surprised! It is almost never necessary to elevate the medial third of the brow. Many women actually benefit aesthetically from a slight lowering of the medial third. On the contrary, there are few women... more

Rian Maercks, MD
Miami Plastic Surgeon

www.rianmaercksmd.com

Browlift to increase length of forehead

A browlift will not significantly increase the length of your forehead. In many cases, a coronal or open browlift can elevate the hairline a little more. see video

Babak Azizzadeh, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

Brow lift to increase forehead height

A brow lift can be performed through a coronal or endoscopic approach depending upon the patient’s needs, wishes, and desires. A low hairline can be raised approximately ½ inch when needed. It is important to note that you must have low eyebrows and a low hairline. The eyebrows will be raised approximately ¼ of an inch and the hairline raised ½ an inch through the coronal approach. If the patient has the combination of low hairline and high... more

William Portuese, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.seattlefacial.com

Brow Lift for Forehead Increase

All brow lift procedures will elevate the hairline and brows but could be limited in younger patients. I would not recommend coronal lift at your age. endoscopic forehead lift if done with adequate release of muscle and soft tissues, will work well with no detectable scars.

Mohsen Tavoussi, MD, DO
Huntington Beach Facial Plastic Surgeon

Brow lift could increase your forehead height but laser hair removal is another option as well.

Brow lift could increase your forehead height but laser hair removal is another option as well. Most brow lifts will increase the height of the forehead by stretching the skin of the forehead. This depends on where the incision is placed. If the incision is behind the hairline and endoscopic lifts, the brow lift will increase the forehead height. Incisions placed right in front of the hairline (pre trichial) or within the hairline (trichophytic) incisions all have a... more

Philip Young, MD
Bellevue Facial Plastic Surgeon

Endoscopic Browlift is not the best choice for lengthening the hairline

There are many methods for performing a browlift or forehead lift including an endoscopic browlift (through tiny incisions with the assistance of telescopes) , bicoronal forehead lift (extensive incision from ear to ear across the top of the head) and a tricophytic or hairline browlift. (hidden along the hairline. Each of these techniques achieves a similar result through the brow and the forehead in terms of smoothing of lines and gentle elevation of the brows. The key difference is in... more

Ross A. Clevens, MD
Melbourne Facial Plastic Surgeon

Increasing the forehead with brow lift

A brow lift will raise your hairline, but will not increase the size of your forehead. It will still have the same measurement from hairline to eyebrow as preop. The other problem is that your eyebrows will be elevated abnormally and you will be even more unhappy with this than a short forehead. The only way to increase this measurement is with a tissue expander to stretch the forehead vertically and then a browlift to flatten the stretched forehead skin.

Robert T. Buchanan, MD
Highlands Plastic Surgeon

Brow Lift can increase forehead length

There's an accurrate measurement of facial thirds that will give a good aesthetic indication of where your frontal hairline should be to balance the face. Brow Lifts can increase the forehead length but IMHO, the endoscopic doesn't have the ability to do so as well as the Coronal Brow Lift which is still the gold standard in Brow Lifts. The position, of your eyebrows, also needs to be taken into consideration before having any type of Brow Lift.

Francis R. Palmer, III, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

Increasing forehead size with low hairline.

This is better done with a coronal incision to get maximum raising of the hairline. Endoscopic forehead lifting won't do very much.

Toby Mayer, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

Brow Lift for Low Hairline

If there is sufficient laxity of the skin of the forehead, an endoscopic brow lift could help. A traditional brow lift removing some scalp behind the hairline could potentially help even more, but has a longer recovery. At 25 years of age, your skin will still be very tight. Perhaps waiting until you are closer to 40 would be a good option.

Temp Patterson, MD
Burley Facial Plastic Surgeon

Brow Lift

Without before pictures or examining you in person, it is impossible to give you specific advice. It is true that a brow lift procedure will increased the height of your forehead, but it will also lift your brows. The degree of movement depends on the technique used and your underlying anatomy. So a balance must be achieved to make sure that you still look natural after the procedure. Good Luck.

David Shafer, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon

Endoscopic Forehead Lengthening

Most forms of browlifting, with the exception of the hairline browlift, will increase the length of the forehead skin to some degree. As the scalp is lifted and moved backward, the forehead skin is stretched and lengthened. However, the amount of forehead lengthening will also cause the brows to be lifted as well. At 25 years of age, this may produce a very unnatural brow position. The key to achieving a vertical forehead increase without significant brow elevation is how... more

Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD
Indianapolis Plastic Surgeon

Raising a low hairline

An endoscopic forehead lift might work nicely if you have adequate laxity of the forehead skin. The operation does not have to significantly raise the eyebrows unless that change is also desired.