Will forehead lift help wrinkles on forehead, lift the outer brow & reduce migraines? (Photo)

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First, I had chemo, which left the frontal area of my hair ‘see through’ THIN! Would a forehead lift: 1). Take the lines away from forehead? Or, can only BOTOX do that? 2). Having a receded mans hairline as well, & I read that a LIFT makes your forehead smaller, so would surgery take care of that issue of reducing area of baldness? 3). Does procedure lift outer brow area as well? 4). Read that procedure can sometimes reduce migraines, is this true?

Timothy Osborn, MD · Answer

Yes to all, just make sure you work with someone who does the migraine nerve release specifically. The brow lift alone may help but you won't get as good of an outcome on the migraines without formal trigger site decompression. For the frontal wrinkles, you can strip out some of the frontalis but most people will have some residual wrinkles, more on animation. If you need botox, it is usually several months postop and much less than needed prior. To move the hairline you would advance it into the area where you lost hair. To lift the outer brow, you would do a brow pexy-we use a permanent suture to help fix the brow and create a peak on the outer edge. You can also remove skin in a different pattern to gain some lift as well. For the migraines you need to know if one of the nerves in the field are triggers, of if you need to extend your approach to include nerves of neck, jaw joint, around the temple.

Zoran Potparic, MD · Answer

Based on this photo, you seem to be a candidate for open, hairline forehed lift. It will reduce the height of your forehead (bold area), bring brows higher, create nice brow arch. It is difficulkt to comment on migraine, since cause of this condition may be very different; in some cases relaese of tissue around supraorbital nerve, may create some improvement providing that trigger point is in that area. Do not expect to much in that regard. Good luck.

William Portuese, MD · Answer

Much more information is as needed such as a Full set of facial photographs from all angles including your eyelids, forehead, and hairline level. A brow lift is performed to raise low set eyebrows. When an eyebrow lift is performed, the hair line need can be shifted upward or downward upon the pre-existing condition of the hairline itself. A brow lift will not help with migraines, and is only done for cosmetic purposes

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