Definition: Minimizes forehead creases, drooping eyebrows, hooding over the eyes, furrowed forehead and frown lines by removing excess tissue, altering muscles and tightening the forehead skin.
Procedure: The incisions is usually located in the hair- bearing scalp. Occasionally, incisions maybe performed in the forehead and or the upper eyelids. Once the incisions are made, various degrees of undermining of the skin are performed, and the deeper layers of the forehead are lifted. Muscles that depress the eyebrows maybe disrupted. The skin and deeper layers are often then fixed or attached to the bone. The results are a reversal of the effects of gravity and tightening of soft tissues of the forehead to restore a more youthful contour to the upper face.
Duration: 1 Hour
Type of Anesthesia: General Anesthesia
Type of Anesthesia: Local Anesthesia