Brow Lift - What Happens if my Eyebrows Are Lifted Too High and I End Up with a 'Shocked Look'?

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I am thinking about having a Brow lift but am worried the eyebrows may be lifted too high and I may end up with a permanently startled look. Could this happen?

7 answers to Brow Lift - What Happens if my Eyebrows Are Lifted Too High and I End Up with a 'Shocked Look'?

Avoid a surprised look after Brow Lift Surgery

Being worried about looking shocked or surprised after brow lift surgery is a legitimate concern. However, contemporary brow lifts generally tend to shy away from pulling the eyebrows too high during surgery. In fact, the goal is often to maintain your eyebrows in the correct position while they are at rest. As most of us age, we begin to use the muscles in our foreheads to raise our eyebrows so that we can see. This worsens over time, and we develop wrinkles in the forehead. A brow lift... more

Jen Yuan Chow, MD
Pasadena Facial Plastic Surgeon

Shocked look after brow lift

If you are given a shocked look as a resuklf of a brow lift, then the surgeon pulled too much. It is very hard to correct that.

Steven Wallach, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Brow lift and "that shocked look"

Concern about the eyebrows being too high is the most common worry patient have about a brow lift. This is extremely rare. Occasionally there is some overcorrection which settles in about a month. Discuss this concern with a Board Certified plastic surgeon and asked to see some before and after pictures to help reassure you. In the absolute worst case scenario, which I have never had to do in 25 years of practice, is a brow that is lifted too high that has to be brought back down with a... more

Andrew Kaczynski, MD
Sacramento Plastic Surgeon

"Shocked Look" after Browlift

You avoid a shocked look by picking an experienced surgeon whose results you like - see many before and after pictures. Over the years I have lowered the hairline in women after their hairlines were inappropriately raised during their brow lift surgery before I saw them. Obviously, the key is to avoid this problem.

Richard W. Fleming, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

Overdone Brow Lift with a Surprised Look

Regarding: "Brow Lift - What Happens if my Eyebrows Are Lifted Too High and I End Up with a 'Shocked Look'? I am thinking about having a Brow lift but am worried the eyebrows may be lifted too high and I may end up with a permanently startled look. Could this happen?" COULD you have an "Overdone" appearance? Yes, you could. You could also have an "under-done" appearance. The KEY is to pick a member of The American Society of... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon

Browlift and How High

Brow Lift - What Happens if my Eyebrows Are Lifted Too High and I End Up with a 'Shocked Look'? I am thinking about having a Brow lift but am worried the eyebrows may be lifted too high and I may end up with a permanently startled look. Could this happen? It really depends on what the patient is looking for and what the surgeon does. Experience and good judgement has a lot to do with plastic surgery, and for this reason you need to find a plastic surgeon that you... more

Farbod Esmailian, MD
Orange County Plastic Surgeon

The ideal brow shape

I think your question is an excellent one-- how to get a nice brow shape after a browlift and avoid a "shocked" or "surprised" look. The ideal brow has a gentle arc, starting centrally and moving laterally, with the peak being just short of the lateral end of the brow. The way that a surgeon avoids that "surprised" look is to control the shape of the brow during surgery and the have this ideal in mind, so I think that ultimately it comes... more

Shahram Salemy, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon

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