Forehead Lift

Who it is for

• Aging has left deep wrinkles, and your eyelids droop a lot
• You have deep wrinkles between the brows and on the forehead
• Your brows sit close to your eyes, and thick eyelids make your eyes look heavy
• You are young, but a narrow, flat forehead makes your eyes look heavy and you want a fresher look

What is a forehead lift?

Aging from middle age on has several causes. Repeated muscle contractions create expression lines, gravity causes sagging, and skin and tissue weaken.

When the forehead sags, the eyelids drop too, and the stretched eyelid skin starts to cover the eyes.

A forehead lift pulls up the wrinkled skin and removes the muscles that cause wrinkles. It aims to improve forehead lines, frown lines, wrinkles around the eyes, and drooping brows and eyelids all at once.

How the surgery is done

The incision is made behind the hairline.

• A long horizontal incision is made in the scalp, about 5 cm behind the hairline.
• The skin of the whole forehead is lifted away, down to the level of the brows.
• The stretched forehead skin and muscle are pulled up as far as possible and secured. The excess is removed and the incision is closed.

Aftercare

Please take care of the following after surgery.

• If you have swelling or pain, cool the area with a cold pack. From the third day after surgery, warm packs help recovery.
• For 4 days after surgery, keep your head higher than your heart when you sleep. This helps swelling go down.
• Alcohol and smoking slow wound healing. Avoid both for at least 4 weeks after surgery.
• For 4 weeks after surgery, sleep on your back rather than on your side.
• Avoid jogging, swimming and meridian massage for 6 weeks after surgery.
• Plenty of rest and vitamin C support collagen renewal and help your recovery.