How a Brow Lift Can Make You Look Years Younger

We share how we feel with others in a variety of ways, including our expressions. Our eyebrows contribute to how we express emotions. However, eyebrows also protect your eyes.

Changes in the skin over time can affect your eyebrows. To manage sagging and other problems in the eye area, consider brow lifts. Let’s explore this field of treatment, discover why people get brow lifts, and learn what the experience is like.

Texas Eye Doctors is dedicated to helping McKinney, Texas, residents with a range of eye issues, including eyebrow treatments performed by our specialist, Dr. Hena Khaja.

Facts about oculoplastic surgery

Oculoplastics cover several procedures that treat issues with the parts of your face near or around your eyes. Surgeries in this field include:

Eyelid surgery

Removal of excess tissue to change the shape of your eyelids, either to help you look younger or treat medical issues like droopy eyelids.

Tear duct surgery

This procedure widens or clears blockages in your tear ducts.

Facial trauma repair

When damage to the face affects areas around the eyes, surgery can help.

Eyebrow lift surgery

Surgery that can reposition the soft tissue of the forehead to improve the eyebrows.

Dr. Khaja, an oculoplastic surgeon among many other specialties, and our team offer a range of surgical and nonsurgical treatments.

Reasons to get brow lifts

Brow lifts are performed on people dealing with uneven brows, low brows, or sagging brows. They improve confidence and enhance your ability to express yourself. This treatment can also be performed simultaneously with other oculoplastic treatments, such as eyelid surgery.

What to expect

Brow lifts can be performed in different ways: the coronal lift (the classic procedure also called the open brow lift), the endoscopic lift with fewer incisions, or a combination of the two called the limited incision lift.

Nonsurgical options such as Botox® injections can also help.

Here’s a closer look at these procedures:

Endoscopic lift

Small incisions are made behind the hairline, and an endoscope (a small, thin tube with a camera mounted on it) is inserted. Cuts are made with a minor incision, and the remaining tissue is stitched in place and closed.

Classic lift

Once anesthesia is applied, incisions are made to move tissue and muscle as needed. Then, the incisions are closed with stitches or staples.

Itching and numbness are typical after the procedure, but both will lessen over time. For the first few days post-procedure:

Rest with your head raised
Follow our instructions on managing pain medications
Use cold compresses to reduce swelling
Keep from putting too much pressure on the forehead to prevent movement

When the area has healed, you can enjoy the benefits of eyebrows that help you feel younger. To find out which treatment is right for your needs, make an appointment with Dr. Khaja and our Texas Eye Doctors team today.