What is Forehead Lift and Brow Lift?
Due to genetic factors, excessive stress, ageing and nutritional habits, problems such as forehead wrinkles, low eyebrows, frowning, eyebrow streaking may occur. Such situations cause people to look sad, tense, and tired than they are.
The purposes of the forehead stretching and eyebrows processes are generally to rejuvenate the upper part of the face, to reduce the forehead lines, to correct wrinkles between the eyebrows, to relieve the ageing eyebrow abortions.
How does the surgery take place?
Two different techniques are used to perform this surgical procedure.
Open Surgery
In the forehead stretching procedure made with this method, the forehead area is freed with an incision made from the scalp and the muscles in the lower part are intervened. Afterwards, excess skin is thrown and tightness is provided.
Endoscopic Method
In the procedure made with this method, a few small cuts are applied through the skin. Stretching the skin and cleansing the muscles are done from the inside.
These operations take an average of two to three hours under general anaesthesia. Drains are placed in the forehead area, one day after the operation.
What Should Be Considered After Surgery?
Even if the pain is seen for several days after the surgical procedure, it is possible to decrease with painkillers. The patient is usually discharged one day after hospitalization. Oedema can be observed in the eye area and forehead area, which will disappear within four or five days. To reduce the swelling that occurs after the operation, a bandage is used, the head is kept high, cold compresses are applied. Stitches are removed after an average of ten days.
