When eyelid and brow descent causes severe wrinkles around the eyes or nasal bridge, double-eyelid surgery alone cannot correct the forehead and lids, so this operation lifts both together.
When eyelid and brow descent causes severe wrinkles around the eyes or nasal bridge, double-eyelid surgery alone cannot correct the forehead and lids. This operation lifts the forehead and eyelids together.
Endoscopic access hides the incision and avoids eyelid-skin excision, so visible scarring is minimal and satisfaction is high.
When brows are low and the eye-to-brow distance is narrow
Puffy-looking eyelids
Severe wrinkles around the eyes, between the brows or over the nasal bridge
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Steps
Design: plan carefully based on skin laxity and wrinkle depth.
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Incision: make it about 1–2 cm behind the hairline.
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Endoscope: separate the tissue under endoscopic view, then lift and secure it.
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Closure: suture firmly and precisely to minimize scarring.
Anesthesia
Upper blepharoplasty, eye correction and brow lift: brief sedation plus local anesthesia; forehead lift: sedation.
Suture removal
Suture removal: upper blepharoplasty, eyelid correction and sub-brow lift on day 5; forehead lift on day 7.
Procedure time
Duration: upper eyelid 1.5 hours; eyelid correction 1.5–2 hours; brow lift 1 hour; forehead lift 1–1.5 hours.
Hospital stay
Not required