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Lift your brow—and your outlook.

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The upper one-third of your face—your eyes and brow—are major players in communicating your emotions. When we’re younger, what our faces say is pretty accurate: when we’re content, our brows look relaxed; when we’re angry, our brows furrow.

Unfortunately, aging likes to interfere with our natural expressions. Skin loses elasticity, tissues sag, and our brow becomes heavy and furrowed, which leads to a grouchy or overly concerned appearance. Fortunately, there’s a fix for the “perma-frown”—brow lift surgery with facial plastic surgeon Dr. Haley Bray.

A brow lift raises sagging skin and connective tissue and smoothes the brow to restore a more youthful, refreshed appearance to the forehead. The surgery is typically straightforward with results ready to show off within a couple of weeks.

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Do I Need A Brow Lift?

Brow lift (a.k.a. forehead lift) surgery corrects signs of aging from the eyebrows up. If you’re bothered by any of the following, a brow lift can help restore a more open, refreshed appearance to your eyes and forehead:

  • Your brow skin sags over your upper eyelids
  • You have deep folds or creases on your forehead or between the eyes
  • A sagging brow is causing you to look permanently angry, tired or worried

If you have sagging skin on your upper or lower eyelids as well, Dr. Bray can perform an eyelid lift at the same time as a brow lift.

Your Brow Lift Surgery In Granite Bay

Dr. Bray performs two types of brow lifts: traditional and endoscopic. Which of these techniques she’ll use for you depends on your anatomy and goals, as well as how severely your brow is sagging now.

Traditional Brow Lift

This approach uses direct sight (vs. an endoscope). Dr. Bray makes incisions (length depends on how much excess skin needs to be removed) along the scalp or back of the ears, just behind the hairline. Through these incisions, she lifts underlying tissues to elevate the brows into a natural position, removes excess skin, and adjusts remaining skin to restore a smoother, firmer brow appearance.

Endoscopic Brow Lift

With an endoscopic brow lift, Dr. Bray can lift sagging tissues and smooth the skin through a series of very tiny incisions along the hairline, using a tiny camera for sight. Because the incisions are so much smaller, recovery is typically a speedier process.

Understandably, patients tend to favor the endoscopic approach, but it’s not going to get the best result for every patient. If you have a lot of excess skin folds or other issues that would respond better to a traditional approach, Dr. Bray will let you know. Once healed, scars from either procedure are well-concealed by the hairline. Get info on brow lift recovery »

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Brow Lift Recovery

What to expect when recovering from brow lift surgery

For most patients, brow lift surgery is a straightforward procedure with a pleasantly quick recovery. Here’s the scoop.

How Will I Feel After My Brow Lift?

Expect to feel groggy after your procedure, but you won’t be in pain. Rest mostly for the first few days, but get up and take frequent, easy walks.

Your incision sites will be closed with sutures or surgical clips, and you will have a temporary bandage wrapped around your hairline (like a headband). Your face and brow will feel tight for a few weeks, and post-op bruising and swelling is common. These effects typically resolve over the course of several weeks. If you have a traditional brow lift, post op discomfort, bruising and swelling will last a little longer compared to an endoscopic brow lift.

After Brow Lift Surgery, When Can I…

As a general rule, you can expect to return to each of these activities on the earlier side if you have an endoscopic brow lift, the later side if you have a traditional brow lift.

  • Take a shower? The day after surgery. Just be very gentle, and towel dry your hair for the first week or so.
  • Drive my car? After you are no longer taking prescription pain meds and you can react quickly and safely—usually by the end of the first week or two.
  • Go out in public? As soon as you feel okay doing so! Some patients prefer to wait until post-op bruising and swelling is less conspicuous, after about 10 days. However, these effects can often be strategically disguised by makeup (we’ll recommend incision-safe products and techniques) or a hat or scarf.
  • Return to work? About 5 to 7 days for a desk job; 2 to 3 weeks for a strenuous job.
  • Get my hair cut or colored? It’s usually safe about 4 weeks after an endoscopic brow lift, 6 weeks after a traditional brow lift. BUT, don’t hit the salon without getting the green light from Dr. Clark first.

When Will I See Final Results After a Brow Lift?

Results are looking great and pretty close to final after about 3 weeks, once the majority of post-op bruising and swelling have gone away. Results keep improving for up to 3 months; they’re pretty much final by this time.

With good skin care habits, your results will last for many years. The natural aging process will keep on happening, but your rejuvenated upper face will look smoother and better refreshed as time goes by, aging naturally with the rest of your face.

The best thing you can do to maintain your more youthful appearance is to take care of your skin. Wear broad spectrum sunscreen daily, eat a healthy diet, and follow a professionally designed at-home skincare routine, complete with antioxidants and moisturizers.

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Want A Natural Result? Trust Us To Achieve It

A natural result with facial cosmetic surgery isn’t just ideal—it’s an absolute must. With advanced training in addition to decades of combined experience in plastic and cosmetic surgery, our team of surgeons has the surgical skill and artistic vision to make the desired improvements without changing a patient’s natural appearance. Along with a stellar support team, a no-compromise safety philosophy, and a personal commitment to our patients’ well-being, our entire team is 100% dedicated to helping you feel great about how you look.

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