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Brow Lift Vs Forehead Lift: What's the Difference?

I know this seems like a silly question, but I see both terms used and am not sure if they're the same surgery...

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32 Doctor Answers | Asked by Eva S in Seattle, WA
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Forehead lifts and Brow lifts: what's the difference?

Yes, I would agree this is very confusing and is often times used interchangeably. FOREHEAD LIFT: Forehead lifts are generally accomplished via incisions at the hairline or in the scalp. There are many different techniques which can be: under the skin and over the muscle (subcutaneous), under the muscle under the covering layer of the bone (subperiosteal) Incisions can be: at the hairline or in the scalp using 2 inch incisions (limited open) extending across the enitre hairline or scalp... more
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Browlift and forehead lift

A browlift and a forehead lift may refer to the very same procedure that elevates the brow/forehead either endoscopically or through an incision at or behind the hairline.  In some circumstances, a direct browlift may be done using an incision directly above the eyebrow.
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Forehead Lift vs. Browlift

F 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... more

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Browlift vs Forehead Lift

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
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Brow Lift Vs Forehead Lift - Is there a difference?

It's not a silly question and there are a lot of different names being offered in the media without explanation. There are a number of techniques and modifications that are used by the plastic surgeons and unfortunately there is not uniform terminology so that Brow Lift and Forehead lift can actually mean the same thing. A Brow Lift generally raises the outside (lateral) brow or the entire structure depending what is required. A Forehead Lift is designed to... more
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Browlift vs. Forehead lift

These tend to be use interchangeably, but they aren't the same. A brow lift does just that, it lifts the brows and the skin of the eyelids below as a result. It is generally done either through a direct incision above the brow or through and upper lid incision. A mid-forehead lift is also used to raise the brows, but the incision is placed in the skin well above the brow hairs, hidden in the horizontal forehead creases. Forehead lifts, such as the... more
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Forehead lift vs. brow lift

The terms are most commonly used interchangeably by most surgeons since typically the brows and forehead are lifted together. There is a way to lift the brows without lifting the forehead (direct brow lift) but it is not a common procedure.
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Forehead or brow

The names are used interchangeably, but in truth they imply different things. The brow is just the area directly behind the eyebrow while the forehead extends to the hairline. The common use of both terms has confused the issue. When all of the tissues are lifted in a forehead lift, the skin and muscle of the forehead along wiith the brows are placed higher. In older days there were procedures called direct brow lifts where a strip of skin was removed directly above the eyebrow and nothing... more
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Browlift vs forehead lift. What is the difference?

Excellent question. Most of the time, the term browlift and forehead lift may be used interchangeably, and I commonly do this in my discussion with patients. Rarely, one may have a browlift without having the forehead lifted as in a direct browlift but ususally this procedure is not done in patients concerned with cosmesis.
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Browlifts and Forehead Lifts

Browlift and forehead lift are terms that  are used synonymously to refer to a set of surgeries aimed at rejuvenating the brow and forehead region.  However, from a pure semantics standpoint, the brow is the lower border of the forehead and the hairline is the upper border of the forehead.  Therefore, I prefer to use the term browlift for procedures primarily aimed at treating droopy brows (brow ptosis) because lifting the entire forehead can suggest raising the... more
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