Brow Rejuvenation: Contour your eyes
Dr. Shirley Hu combines advanced surgical techniques with her keen aesthetic eye to restore rejuvenation to the brow area, which is key to creating a wakeful and youthful look in patients who have brow descent.
Patients seek out Dr. Hu to address all of the following:
Deep eleven lines
Deep forehead wrinkles
Droopy lateral brow
Brow ptosis
Brow asymmetry
Sagging upper eyelid skin
How It Works
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Dr. Hu will begin your consultation by listening to your concerns about your forehead, brow, and eyes and discussing the results you would like to achieve.
She always takes care to thoroughly explain the different components to the upper region of the face and how to implement the desired changes using specific surgical techniques.
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Next, Dr. Hu will take a full health history and perform a complete examination of your face with a specific focus on the forehead, brow, and eyes. Specifically, she will focus on the symmetry of your brows, the position of the brow and where it needs to be lifted, and if there are prominent eleven or forehead lines. With this information, Dr. Hu will create a tailored plan to help you achieve your aesthetic goals.
Dr. Hu will decide whether you are a candidate for an endoscopic brow lift, where the incisions are hidden behind the hairline, or if she needs to make a small incision at the frontal hairline if you have a very high forehead. If you only need a lift toward the outside of the brow, called a temporal lift, one incision is made on each side in the hair-bearing scalp. Regardless, once the incisions have healed, no visible scars are left. In addition to a brow lift, Dr. Hu may recommend adjunct procedures such as upper and/or lower eyelid lift, fat grafting to restore balance and volume to the under-eye region, or laser resurfacing to treat the stubborn, deeper wrinkles of the crow’s feet.
Additionally, we can show you the potential results of these surgical techniques with our specialized imaging software! This allows us to promote an open dialogue as we progress to the next steps.
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Finally, Dr. Hu and her clinical team will discuss the details of the surgery, pricing, how to plan for it, and what to expect after.
Brow rejuvenation is performed on-site in a state-of-the-art private operating suite at AIREM. Sedation is administered by a board-certified anesthesiologist, and the procedure takes around 1.5 hours. Following the procedure, you will recover in a private room. Once you are awake enough, a family member or friend can escort you from the facility back home. For the first 24 hours following surgery, it is recommended that someone be available to take care of you.
Incisions are usually placed hidden behind the hairline, and sutures are used to resuspend the layers of the forehead in an upward manner.
Recovery Process
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For the first few days, we recommend relaxing as much as possible. Take this time to apply ice to your forehead and eyes. You may experience swelling of the forehead and upper eyes, and small bruises may form below the eyes. Your forehead will mostly likely be numb.
You will fill the post-operative prescription for pain medication before surgery, but a majority of our patients tell us that extra-strength Tylenol works just fine to control the discomfort.
If working from home is a possibility, patients usually feel well enough to do so after day 3.
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Continue to work from home during this time. Swelling and bruising persist but will begin to go down significantly towards day 7.
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Dr. Hu will see you back on day 7 after your surgery to remove any sutures and staples that were placed.
By this time, most of the swelling will be gone, and bruising will have faded to a yellowish color and is easily covered with cosmetics.
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By the end of the first month after surgery, your final results will be visible. You may have residual numbness of the forehead, which can last from weeks to months. If small resorbable ‘plates’ were placed underneath the skin to hold the forehead upward, you may feel these for the first few months after surgery. They will eventually completely dissolve.