The forehead area is a region that is difficult to hide and wrinkles rapidly with the advancement of age and excessive mimicry. The good thing is that it is a place where very good results can be obtained from surgical or medical aesthetic methods. After trying botox, filling, mesotherapy and other non-surgical methods first, if the benefit is no longer obtained and the age and health status are suitable, forehead lift surgery is performed on this area. Sometimes a forehead lift is performed alone and sometimes within the facelift surgery called facelift.
For whom is forehead lift surgery performed?
Patients with drooping eyebrows and temples, and deep forehead wrinkles in the forehead shadow are candidates for forehead lift. We usually encounter these complaints in patients over the age of 40. Forehead lines may be prominent. Since these patients usually have droopy eyelids, lower and upper eyelid surgery can be performed together. In order to provide facial aesthetics, it is often necessary to perform combined procedures.
Which methods are used for aesthetic forehead lift surgery?
Aesthetic forehead lift operations are performed with two different methods
- Classical forehead lift surgery
- Endoscopic forehead lift surgery (See endoscopic forehead lift)
How is classical forehead lift surgery performed?
During the classical forehead lift surgery, the forehead skin is lifted with an incision in the scalp made between both temples (in the crown area). The muscles that cause wrinkles on the forehead and pull down on the eyebrows are destroyed. The forehead skin is released from the upper bony arch of the eye socket. Excess skin is discarded.
For whom is a classical forehead lift performed?
In patients whose eyebrows are at the level of the upper bone arch of the eye socket genetically, eyebrow droop becomes very obvious in their 30s. In these patients, good results can be obtained with endoscopic forehead lift in the early period. However, in patients who have not undergone any surgical intervention, deepening of the forehead lines and skin abundance become very evident when they reach the age of 50. In this case, adequate results cannot be obtained with endoscopic forehead lift. Because some skin needs to be removed from the forehead. Then the forehead is stretched with the classical method.
Is there any disadvantages of classical forehead lift plastic surgery?
In the classical forehead lift surgery, a long incision is made in the area where the scalp is. Here, a trace remains that can be hidden in the scalp. However, if the classical forehead lift surgery is performed on a man and the man’s hair falls out in the future, a scar will appear.
What are the details about classical forehead lift surgery?
Forehead lift surgery usually takes 2-3 hours and is performed under general anesthesia. You can be discharged 1 day after the operation. You can take a bath on the 2nd day. After the forehead lift surgery, applying ice and holding the head back can minimize swelling on the forehead. With some special creams, bruises that may occur on the forehead can be reduced. Swelling goes down in 1-2 weeks. You can return to work in the 2nd week. The wire stitches on the scalp are removed on the 10th day. The numbness on the forehead improves within weeks. Intense physical activities that increase blood pressure such as sports, bending, heavy housework and sexual intercourse should be avoided for a few weeks. It is necessary to stay away from sunbathing, sauna and solarium for a few months.