Forehead Lift: Q&A
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What's the difference between an forehead lift and an endoscopic forehead lift? Which one is better?
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Endoscopic forehead lifts are superior to open methods
Endoscopic forehead lifts are a very common procedure in my practice. It has been my experience over the past 12 years that they are superior to open procedures for several reasons. With the exception of people who have very heavy brows, the results are at least equal and often better than with open methods. Advantages of the endoscopic method include:
1. 3-5 small incisions behind the hairline versus long scalp or hairline incisions
2. Shorter surgery time
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Consider Limited Incisison Lateral Browlift
If there is a facial rejuvenation surgery that is over-recommended and often overdone these days, it is without question the browlift. Look no further than the celebrity photo magazines for pictures of stars who look like they have just sat down on a plate of tacks. The goal of aesthetic plastic surgery should be to make a person look better and more youthful, not merely different, and certainly not as though one is perpetually surprised. My goal is to provide my patients with results which...
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Endoscopic Lifts have slightly quicker recovery but open techniques last longer
There are a number of alternative surgical techniques for lifting sagging brows. The endoscopic technique utilizes several smaller incisions in the scalp to tunnel beneath the forehead and 'release' the brows. The sagging brows along with the skin of the forehead are then shifted upwards and resuspended in a more youthful position. No skin is removed. In the open technique, a longer continuous incision is made across the scalp, the tissues are lifted, 'frown' muscles are weakened, and a...
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Endoscopic vs open browlift
I honestly did not have great longevity with the endoscopic browlift and have gone to doing most of my browlift open. It is a long scar but it usually heals beautifully and my patients have not had any long term complaints regarding sensation changes. The advantage of the open technique is the great exposure of all the vital structures and the longevity of the results. For patients with hair line issues (many men for example), I often do a transblepharoplasty brow lift...
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Brow Lift: A Hairline Decision
As other posters have noted the terms brow lift and forehead lift are interchangeable. However, the technique that is used is predicated on the position of the hairline. If a patient has a low or normal hairline, the endoscopic (minimal incision) approach is generally favored; it allows the case to move along more quickly and offers less recovery time. However, if a patient has a high hairline, the Trichophytic (irregular beveled incision, along the hairline) approach is favored, because...
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There are trade-offs between forehead lift and endoscopic forehead lift
It sounds as if you are talking about a forehead lift done with a coronal or side-to-side incision across the scalp versus one performed through small incisions in 3 or 4 strategically located areas of the scalp. Each have advantages and disadvantages.
The main difference is the length and amount of incisional scar. The coronal lift is certainly effective at the price of a long incision and scalp numbness and some potential for loss of hair. The endoscopic lift has the advantage of small...
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Forehead Lift Vs Endoscopic Forehead Lift - Choose the right tool for the right job
There are a number of techniques and modifications that are used by plastic surgeons.All are useful but should be viewed as tools to achieve your goal and one technique is NOT superior to the others for all situations. You have to individualize.. You need to use the right tool for the right job. The most important part is to they match the patient’s desires and requirements such as lowering the hairline, or lifting just the outside of the brow which often droops before the middle...
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Forehead lift - endoscopic or open?
Endoscopic advantages:
Shorter incisions
Less numbness
Less pain
Endoscopic disadvantages:
Shorter longevity
Potential to raise hairline
Open advantages:
Greater longevity
Better control of hairline (can shorten or lengthen)
Open disadvantages:
Longer incisions
More numbness
More pain
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Forehead Lift vs Endoscopic forehead lift. Which is better?
Certainly, there is no uniform answer to this question, and good doctors will disagree. Some will argue that the results are not as dramatic with the endoscopic approach but others will argue that the advantage of small incisions vastly overwhelms any such advantage achieved with the long incision "open" technique. Another alternative is a small incision non endoscopic forehead lift which can frequently be done with the same small incisions as with the endoscope...
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Forehead Lift Options
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...
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