Brow / Forehead Lift

During your procedure

A brow lift normally takes between 1 and 2 hours to perform, depending upon the technique. Your surgeon may choose to perform the operation in conjunction with a face lift, eyelid surgery or by itself. Most brow lift procedures are performed under ?twilight? and local anesthesia.

Your surgeon will mark the incision placement areas. He will then separate or follow along natural lines of cleavage the tissues from your underlying structure, depending upon the type of lift and desired results.

This is like separating the skin and muscle from your skull. He will then proceed to both trim excess, loose skin and suction or remove excess fat in the brow line manually or possibly atrophied muscle. Underlying structures are then suspended by permanent sutures or barbs if you opted for this procedure.

The surgeon will then lift your skin to the desired level of lift after trimming about 1 to 3 cm of skin, and either apply a tissue glue or more than likely sutures and staples. Your surgeon will then apply a dressing to your face and head to protect your wounds, and keep the tissue in the proper place during recovery.

After you wake up, your forehead and scalp may feel tight, hot and quite tender as the anesthesia wears off. If you feel any discomfort you can take a pain reliever which you will more than likely have been asked to bring with you.

You should not be driving home by yourself, as you will not be able to see.