Endoscopic Brow Lift Surgery - Cosmetic Surgery Guide


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Surgery has evolved in leaps and bounds in recent years as technology has advanced and given surgeons more tools and techniques. One of the most effective and widely used of these advancements is endoscopy, a method which allows surgeons to make extremely small surgical openings (incisions) rather than the larger ones needed in the past. Through these small openings an endoscope, which is a very fine cable with a camera on the end, can be manoeuvred into a target area and the procedure performed through fine tools passed through that same incision. This article looks into the use of endoscopy in brow lift surgeries, and the many advantages to this amazing version of a popular surgery.

History of the endoscopic brow lift

Endoscopy has quickly become an integral part of many different surgical procedures in a range of specialties because it offers the advantages of keeping a surgery minimally invasive, and hence much safer. In the field of cosmetic surgery the endoscopic brow lift was the procedure that brought endoscopy into the specialty, and since then the technique has flourished in cosmetics.

What is an endoscopic brow lift surgery?

An endoscopic brow lift surgery is a procedure that aims to adjust your brow line, and often forehead, though tiny incisions that make the surgery safer and quicker, with a shorter recover time than ever before. As discussed above an endoscope is a tool which allows doctors to see into an area to be operated on without the need for a large surgical opening and the risks therein. During an endoscopic brow lift, tiny incisions are made to the sides of your forehead or brow, depending on what the surgery is targeting. Once an endoscope has been inserted and your doctor has had a look into your forehead, he or she will be able to use other tools that are equally small to perform the brow lift itself, tightening and smoothening the skin of your brow and forehead through adjustments to the muscles underlying them.

Is an endoscopic brow lift surgery for me?

There are many factors to consider when looking at what kind of brow lift will suit you best. Your surgeon will discuss what you want to achieve with the surgery, and bearing in mind a number of factors like the size and shape of your forehead, the position of your hairline, and the shape of your eye lids and eye sockets. Typically speaking an endoscopic brow lift is a good option where you are looking to raise your eyebrows, improve or change their shape, change how the muscles around your brow function to prevent further wrinkling, or to reduce wrinkling around your brow.

Pros and cons of endoscopic brow lift surgeries

The major advantages of endoscopic surgery are its minimally invasive nature and the advantages therein. By using extremely small incisions that are concealed behind the hairline, your surgery keeps any scarring to an absolute minimum. In surgical terms there are other advantages to working with small openings, namely that the risk of infection is kept low as well. An endoscope also allows your surgeons a level of precision during the surgery which means better results that can also be achieved more quickly. Another huge advantage of endoscopic brow lifts when compared to other versions of the surgery is that recovery times are kept low, making the surgery extremely convenient, particularly in conjunction with the fact that it can be performed as an outpatient procedure. So in summary what an endoscopic brow lift surgery can offer is a quicker, safer, and more convenient procedure, making it very suitable for people with busy and hectic lifestyles.

There are some caveats to endoscopic brow lift surgeries, including, for example, the fact that the surgery isn't suitable for people with a history of dry eyes and high hairlines for instance. These aren't to do with the endoscopic nature of the surgery, but are issues with brow lifts as a whole. Endoscopy is very versatile, but it doesn't allow your surgeon to be as specific as he or she would be with a more open procedure like a coronal brow lift.

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