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Brow Lift Surgery in Chantilly, VA

The effects of aging are inevitable and your brow is one of the most prominent features on your face because it expresses your emotions. Your brow naturally descends with age and as your skin begins to lose its elasticity, wrinkles and frown lines form across your forehead and an increasing heaviness appears in your eyebrows. Multiple factors can contribute to these undesirable conditions, including medical disorders, normal aging, environmental factors, genetics, and the overuse of the muscles in the forehead. Brow drooping (ptosis) can start to effect people as early as their thirties causing faces to look older than their years. Droopy eyebrows can unintentionally convey expressions such as sadness, fatigue, negativity, and anger even though these characteristics do not represent your true state of mind. Because of this, many people today are choosing to have a brow lift, also known as the forehead lift, to turn back the clock and minimize the appearance of aging for years to come.

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    What Does a Brow Lift Address?

    A brow lift, also known as a forehead lift, is designed to correct a variety of cosmetic and functional concerns of the brow that develop due to aging, genetics, and lifestyle. Brow lift surgery works by improving sagging skin, deep static and dynamic forehead lines, and tightening underlying brow muscles, all of which combine to make patients appear more tired or upset. These procedures can also be great options to improve vision, particularly in cases where sagging skin begins impairing the eyes' upper vision or peripheral vision. Learn more about the conditions a brow lift at the Virginia Institute for Surgical Arts, in Chantilly near Fairfax, can address:

    Sagging Brows

    Brow lifts fundamentally restore the position and elevation of the eyebrows, correcting sagginess or eyebrow drooping and creating a more youthful upper third of the face. Combined, this procedure not only restores your appearance but can reduce "tired" or "angry" permanent expression lines so often exaggerated by low-hanging brows.
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    Forehead Muscle Laxity

    With time, the muscles in the forehead tend to lose strength and tone, leading to wrinkles and sagging skin. Brow lifts provide strategic tightening to those underlying muscles, smoothing horizontal forehead lines, bunny lines, frown lines, and brow droop.
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    Deep Frown Lines

    A brow lift is one of today's most effective procedures to combat deep vertical forehead lines, otherwise known as "11s." These lines form distinctly between the eyebrows atop the forehead glabella and contribute to facial expressions. By smoothing these frown lines, brow lifts help soften your resting expression and make you appear younger.
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    Vision Obstruction from Drooping or Asymmetric Skin

    In some cases, drooping forehead skin can cause issues with the upper visual or peripheral visual fields. A forehead lift corrects this functional problem by lifting and repositioning lax underlying tissue and skin, improving its cosmetic appearance, rebuilding symmetry, and ultimately restoring unimpeded, clear vision.
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    Our Approach to Brow Lifts

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    Patients in Fairfax and Northern Virginia are advised to be candid about their expectation from brow lift surgery during the initial consultation. Dr. V will evaluate your medical history, the entire forehead area, muscular resilience, and skin elasticity. She will explain what can be achieved with surgery.

    Brow Lift Preparation

    Any facial plastic surgery procedure requires minor adjustments to your lifestyle. If the patient is a smoker, you will be asked to quit smoking for several weeks before and after the surgery. Aspirin and other anti-inflammatory medications may have to be stopped temporarily. Patients with long hair that fall in the front may have to get them trimmed. Patients with very short hair may have to grow and maintain hair in a way to hide potential scars.

    Day of Surgery

    Dr. V performs customized brow lift surgeries by raising your brow, repositioning the tissue that has dropped, and modifying the muscle function that is responsible for your wrinkles and lines. Dr. V uses different angles to adjust your brow and this enables her to manage the position perfectly and precisely. With this method, she can improve the shape of low eyebrows, correct asymmetric eyebrows, or treat drooping foreheads.

    Recovery and Follow-up

    Stitches will be removed within a week in most cases. Pain relievers may be prescribed for a few days. Most patients can resume their regular activities within a week to 10 days. Follow-up appointments with Dr. V are essential to monitor healing and ensure on-track results.

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    Healing and Results

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    Initial Stages

    The patient may have to wear bandages for a day or two following the surgery. Ice packs can be used to minimize initial swelling, and the surgeon may prescribe pain medications for the first few days. Strenuous activities should be avoided for about two to four weeks.

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    Best Candidates

    Brow lift may be well suited for Northern VA residents who are bothered by the appearance of droopy brows, tired or angry look on the face, deep furrows between the brows, conspicuous horizontal lines across the forehead, or heavy upper eyelids. The candidate should not be suffering from an eye infection or another health condition that could hinder the surgery or recovery.

    Risks and Side Effects of Brow Lift

    Side effects with brow lift are minimal and temporary. In rare cases, complications such as infection, conspicuous scarring, distorting of eyebrow movement or loss of sensation on the surgical site may occur. A revision surgery may be performed in such condition. As with any plastic surgery procedure, nothing is guaranteed, yet with Dr. V's expertise and advanced training, these risks are greatly minimized.

    Benefits of Brow Lift Surgery

    Brow lift or forehead lift surgery can remove several aesthetic flaws in the upper-third portion of the face. Key benefits of this procedure from Dr. V include the following:

    • Rejuvenated appearance of the eyes and face for a more youthful, pleasant, and approachable appearance.
    • Reduction in tension of key forehead muscles.
    • Lifting of sagging, aging brow tissue.
    • Improved visibility, especially in peripheral vision.
    • Improved position and definition of the brows.
    • Enhanced results for the face when a brow lift is combined with an eyelid lift (blepharoplasty) or a facelift (rhytidectomy)
    • Low scarring, with incisions made around hidden, subtle parts of the scalp.
    • Fewer risks and a speedier recovery with an endoscopic brow lift.
    • Natural, long-lasting results.
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    Combine Your Brow Lift With Other Procedures

    Dr. V may suggest to combine your brow lift with complementary surgical and non-surgical enhancements for a complete transformation.
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    Blepharoplasty

    Blepharoplasty, or eyelid surgery, removes excess skin and fat from the upper and lower eyelids. It pairs especially well with a brow lift by improving the youthfulness and alertness of the total eye area. Dr. V and the Virginia Institute for Surgical Arts in Chantilly offer multiple eyelid surgery options, including ethnic blepharoplasty honoring Asian features.
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    BOTOX®

    BOTOX is a popular and well-researched neurotoxin injection that relaxes facial muscles responsible for deep dynamic wrinkles. Many opt for Botox® alongside their brow lift to reduce fine lines and wrinkles in the forehead and around the eyes, while also preventing new wrinkles from forming.
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    Facelift

    A facelift tightens loose skin, smoothens deep folds, and repositions facial tissues for a comprehensive rejuvenation of the mid-to-lower face. It addresses sagging skin, jowls, and deep lines, resulting in a refreshed and youthful contour.