Browlift Surgery

In San Diego, California

Great brows can be an attractive feature that sets the tone for the entire face.  Brows frame the eyes and call attention to important facial features.  They react with facial expressions and communicate emotions like surprise, joy and worry. 

Over the years, the face begins to show wear and tear from those millions of daily expressions.  The browlift cosmetic procedure smoothes eye and forehead wrinkling, lifts sagging or tired brows, and creates a younger, more carefree appearance. 

A browlift can be performed as an outpatient procedure under local anesthesia with deep sedation, or general anesthesia, and may take 1 to 2 hours.  With the classical or “open” method the incision is hidden just inside or by the hairline across the scalp and between the ears.  Your surgeon lessens the appearance of wrinkles by tightening selected muscles and releasing tissues, which cause wrinkles.  The eyebrows may also be elevated, and excess skin at the incision will be removed to allow a gentle redraping of your forehead skin.

Face Beautiful offers the following types of browlift:

• Thermage Thermalift – non-invasive, outpatient, tightens the skin around the eyes and lifts the brows.
• Temporal Lift – small incision in temporal hair, lifts the lateral brows.  Often combined with upper lid repair.
• Trichophytic Browlift (hair-loving) – A complete eyebrow lift performed in-office that shortens rather than lengthens the forehead.
• Endoscopic –Can accomplish cheek and mini-facelift through small incision hidden in the hair.  Minimally invasive, rapid recovery

Endoscopic or minimal-scar browlift is performed using a tiny fiber optic lens inserted through half-inch incisions placed in the hairline.  The lens is attached to a camera, which is connected to a television, allowing for visualization of the surgery.  Additional half-inch incisions are made for the insertion of tiny scalpels, scissors and retractors.  Your Face Beautiful surgeon performs the procedure while viewing the television monitor and manipulating the tiny instruments externally. 

An endoscopic browlift is particularly useful with younger patients where the removal of excess skin is not required.  With an endoscopic browlift, loss of sensation or hair at the incision site is minimized.  Since an endoscopic browlift can significantly reduce the frown lines between the eyes. 

Have questions about this procedure?  Visit our Browlift FAQ page.

Schedule your complimentary San Diego browlift consultation today and discover how affordable facial rejuvenation can be.  Call or email Face Beautiful and explore our multi-specialty practice to find your perfect cosmetic fit.