Loose Forehead Skin? (photo)

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Hello, my forehead skin is verry lose. I'm 23 When i walk my forehead is moving up/down. When i place my hand on my hair i can move my whole forehead with almost no force. So also my hairline moves. My symptoms are extreme pressure on eyes, diffeculty focusing on thing, and allot of other symptoms. When i raise my eyebrows with tape my symptoms are gone... What is going on ? a plastic surgeon in my town told me nothing was wrong....But i dont believe that, i can send video if needed

Matthew Richardson, MD · Answer

Some patients have significantly more skin laxity than others, but skin laxity alone typically does not account for eye symptoms and difficulty focusing. Starting with a formal eye exam by an ophthalmologist would be helpful. Brow lifting techniques may eventually be helpful as well, but a trial of Botox is much simpler to start with if the eye exams are normal. Finally, brow lifting is going to leave some sort of scar, even if the scarring is minimal. Given how short the hair is worn in these photos, any incisions may be difficult to completely hide.Be sure to see a surgeon specializing in facial aesthetics.All the best,

Toby Mayer, MD · Answer

You're loose forehead should not be causing you any symptoms such as you describe. You need to see an ophthalmologist for a full exam. If you would like the skin of the forehead tightened this can be done with the Irregular Trichophytic Forehead incision.

Michael I. Echavez, MD · Answer

People have varying amounts of mobility of the skin over the forehead and scalp.  You are most likely just on the end of the spectrum that is most mobile.  This mobility alone does not normally cause any symptoms.  You would really need an exam to determine if there is any other issue taking place.

Joseph A. Eviatar, MD, FACS · Answer

From the photo, this looks like normal aging changes. Loss of collagen in the skin creates laxity. Changes in the facial skeleton creates a lack of support for the brows causing them to shift downward. Movement of the frontalis muscle, which lifts the brows, can cause the wrinkles that you see. This condition can often be improved with products like BOTOX Cosmetic, etc. to relax the frontalis muscle or to lift the brows higher.

Victor M. Perez, MD, FACS · Answer

I sounds like a browlift may help you, endoscopic will be the preferred choice. On the picture it looks like you have mild brow ptosis (descend of the brows). The only way to give you an accurate opinion is with a consultation, however you should consider treatment of the corrugators, orbicularis and central frontalis with botox, to give you some elevation of the brows and to see how your symptoms respond. This may help you with out surgery.

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