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During the aging
process the muscles and skin on the forehead begin to lose
a great deal of elasticity and eventually causes drooping.
This will give the appearance of fatigue, frustration and
sometimes anger.
Smoothing out the lines and lifting the sagging
skin will give the forehead a younger and more refreshing
look. Generally most people choose to have a brow lift performed
between the ages of 40 – 60, but because it’s
such a quick and simple procedure, anyone can use it to enhance
their appearance.
Today, brow lifts are generally performed
using one or two techniques. The first technique is more traditional
as it requires a lengthy incision along the hairline, starting
at the beginning of one ear, and ending at the other. The
hair on both sides of the incision line is tied back, and
the forehead skin is separated from the tissue below. The
skin is then stretched across the forehead and reattached
within the hairline by tight stitches and sutures. Most surgeons
then cover the area with surgical gauze and bandages, but
some choose not to.
A less invasive procedure used to perform
a brow lift is called an endoscopic brow lift. Instead of
using one long incision, the doctor makes around three half
inch cuts into the top of the scalp where a pencil thin scope
is then inserted. The scope is connected to a camera which
allows the doctor to view beneath the skin without having
to cut it open.
While
the camera is placed into one incision a surgical tool is
used inside another. The forehead skin is lifted while the
underlying tissues are smoothed out or removed entirely. The
smaller incisions are then washed away and stitched. Depending
on the doctor, sometimes they are covered with gauze or antiseptics.
About
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To
learn more about brow
lifts or other cosmetic surgery procedures such
as breast
augmentation, please visit http://www.resource4cosmeticsurgery.com
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