Brow Lift

Brows sit low for genetic reasons in some people. In others they drop with age, as the tissue weakens and loosens.

A dropped brow changes the expression of the face dramatically and gives a sad, tired look.

Losing and gaining weight repeatedly loosens the skin and makes it sag, and the brow drops with it. Earlier facial paralysis and some operations do the same.

Alone or combined

A brow lift is done on its own, and it is also done together with a temporal lift, a forehead lift or upper eyelid surgery.

If the brows have dropped as a whole, the surgeon can plan a brow lift together with a forehead lift, taking into account the patient’s age, the state of the forehead skin and what the patient expects.

If only the outer edges of the brows have dropped, a brow lift alone is enough and no forehead lift is needed. A brow lift also tightens the temple area.

The operation

The surgeon makes a cut of a few centimetres in the hair-bearing skin of the temple. The brow area is reached from the temple, either by the classic operation or endoscopically. The tissue under the brow is then suspended from the muscles of the temple with surgical sutures.

If upper eyelid surgery is being done at the same time, the brow can be suspended through the cut already made in the upper eyelid, with no cut in the temple.

A brow lift is done under general anaesthesia or with sedation.

After the operation

Swelling, bruising and tenderness at the operated area and around the eyes last for about a week.

The brows are suspended upwards permanently with surgical sutures. Even so, ageing and gravity continue, and you should know that one day the brows can drop again.