forehead
The forehead, or brow, has been seen, literally and figuratively, as a place of expression. [1]
A forehead lift is a specialized procedure performed only by a qualified plastic surgeon. [2]
With age, the upper third of the face from the tissue just above the upper eyelids to the hairline can begin to descend and wrinkles can develop not only horizontally across the forehead, but also between the eyebrows, giving one a tired or even sometimes angry appearance. [3]
A forehead lift, also known as a browlift or browplasty, is a cosmetic surgery procedure used to elevate a drooping eyebrow that may obstruct vision and/or to remove the deep ‘worry’ lines that run across the forehead and may portray to others anger, sternness, hostility, fatigue or other unintended emotions. [4]
The surgery may be done alone or with other procedures such as a facelift, eyelid surgery, or nose reshaping. [5]
The musculature of the forehead comprises the Occipitofrontalis, Procerus, and Corrugator supercilii muscles, all of which are controlled by the temporal branch of the facial nerve. [6]
Plastic surgeons are doctors who have completed three years of general surgical training followed by two to three years of specialized training in plastic surgery after completing their MD or DO degree. [2]
It is, formally, an area of the head bounded by three features, two of the skull and one of the scalp. [6]
A coronal forehead lift is performed by making an ear to ear incision across the forehead and elevating the entire forehead and brow. [4]
Though complications are few, they include loss of hair at the small incision sites (unusual), inability to obtain significant shape change of the brow because of a mainly vertical vector of pull (as opposed to an upward and outward direction of lift with the open technique), and relapse. [3]
A forehead lift is a cosmetic surgery procedure intended to improve a person’s appearance by correcting the shape of the eyebrows and reducing horizontal wrinkles or furrows in the skin of the forehead. [2]
The Occipitofrontalis muscles produce the transverse wrinkles across the width of the forehead, and the Corrugator supercilii muscles produce vertical wrinkles between the eyebrows above the nose. [6]
Often when patients feel they have sagging upper eyelids, in fact they have a sagging browline. [3]
Hair immediately in front of the incision line may need to be trimmed, but your head will not be shaved. [...] A forehead lift removes or alters the muscles and skin that cause such visible signs of aging as drooping eyebrows, “hooding” eyelids, forehead furrows, and frown lines. [5]
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[1] forehead: Definition from Answers.com
[2] Forehead Lift: Information from Answers.com
[3] Forehead lift San Jose California - Dr. Creasman
[4] Forehead lift - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[5] Forehead lift | Health Library | Walgreens
[6] Forehead - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia