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Brow Lift
A brow lift raises drooping brows and smooths the forehead. Mr Mattine offers the full range of techniques, chosen for your face and hairline.
Brow lift surgery
When the brows begin to drop
One effect of facial ageing is drooping of the brows, particularly in the outer two thirds. This is often called hooding, and it gives a heavy forehead and an older, tired look.
A brow lift, also called a forehead lift, removes sagging skin on the forehead and restores the youthful position of the brows. It rejuvenates the upper face and helps open the eyes for a more alert, younger look.
Benefits
What a brow lift can do
Open the eyes
Treats brow hooding for a more alert look.
Restore the arch
Brings back the youthful elevation and arch of the eyebrow.
Correct asymmetry
Balances the forehead and eyebrows.
Adjust the hairline
The surgery can be modified to lower or raise the hairline.
Soften frown lines
Treats overactive muscles between the eyebrows and reduces wrinkles.
Smooth the forehead
Removes excess skin and addresses horizontal forehead lines.
The surgery
Different techniques for different faces
Mr Mattine offers the full range of brow lift techniques. The choice depends on your needs, including how far ageing has progressed, your skin type and your existing hairline.
A full forehead lift is performed under general anaesthesia. A limited brow lift, which is what most patients need, is a much simpler operation and can be done under local anaesthesia.
Techniques
Five ways to lift the brow
Open coronal brow lift
A long incision along the hairline or the top of the scalp allows the forehead skin to be lifted. It is preferable for older patients or those with significant ageing in the forehead, and can be combined with raising or lowering the hairline to change the height of the forehead.
Transblepharoplasty brow lift
The incisions of an upper eyelid operation are used to reach the deep tissue under the brows and lift the outer part of the brows. It suits patients having upper blepharoplasty who need only mild elevation. A main advantage is that it adds no further scars.
Direct brow lift
Incisions are made immediately above the brows. It is preferable for much older patients with a prominent forehead crease, a high hairline at the front and hair loss at the temples.
Limited incision brow lift
Short incisions along the hairline lift the outer part of the eyebrows. These scars are often well hidden.
Endoscopic brow lift
Three to five small incisions in the scalp let instruments and a camera release and reposition the muscles and lift the tissues of the forehead. The brows are held with stitches or temporary screws behind the hairline. It suits patients who need brow elevation and have few wrinkles and little excess skin, and can improve fine lines between the eyes, crow's feet and the forehead.
A lifted brow brings the whole upper face back into balance.
Recovery
What to expect afterwards
- 01
About seven to ten days
Recovery usually takes about seven to ten days. You will have a variable degree of bruising and swelling during this time.
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The first week
Keeping your head elevated and using an ice pack during the first week often reduces these symptoms and helps recovery.
The results
Surgery is ultimately judged not by its description, but by what it achieves.
Explore a selection of primary, revision and complex facial surgery cases performed by Mr Mattine.
Brow Lift
Frequently asked questions
A full forehead lift is performed under general anaesthesia. A limited brow lift is a much simpler operation and can be done under local anaesthesia. Most patients need only a limited lift.
A reputation built on results
Surgery is ultimately judged not by its description, but by what it achieves.
Explore a selection of primary, revision and complex facial surgery cases performed by Mr Mattine, then arrange a consultation in London or Birmingham.