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One of the most prominent features of your face is your forehead. Your forehead can be smooth and youthful in appearance, or furrowed and wrinkled. If yours is the latter example, there are cosmetic procedures that can turn it into the former. There are two basic types of brow lift surgery performed. In the traditional brow lift, a long incision is made from the top of one ear to the other a few inches behind the hairline. After the incision, the entire forehead is raised until the deep-set brow wrinkles are reduced and smoothed out. Excess skin is removed and the skin sutured closed. When completely healed, the scars will be hidden in the hair, once it grows back.

The less invasive endoscopic forehead lift produces smaller scars than the traditional procedure. This procedure uses five (or fewer) inch long incisions in the hairline. Using a small camera called an endoscope; the doctor can reposition the skin of the forehead from underneath the skin. Using another specialized tool, Dr. Weil can sculpt the muscle and tissue much as he does with the traditional method. The endoscopic procedure produces less scarring, but is also less effective for very deep wrinkles and folds. The endosopic procedure is also slightly less enduring, and may require a touch up after about ten years. The more traditional procedure can last much longer, and may never require any tweaking. Browplasty is commonly performed with other cosmetic procedures, such as blepharoplasty or a facelift for total facial rejuvenation. If you are interested in finding out more about this, or other cosmetic procedures, please contact Dr. Weil today to schedule an initial consultation.