Transpalpebral eyebrow lift: the mini eyebrow lift

Abstract

Aim: This paper focus is to describe and evaluate the authors' personal technique for a simplified transpalpebral eyebrow lift.

Methods: We performed surgery in 179 patients (95% females and 5% males) between years of 2008 and 2009. Initially, a thorough assessment of brow stability and symmetry was performed. To achieve desirable aesthetic we agreed upon the consensus that the eyebrow lateral third should be 0.3 to 1 cm above the supraorbital rim in women and just above or at supraorbital rim in men. Hence the surgery consisted of the removal of excess skin, treatment for bags if they were present and a transpalpebral lateral eyebrow lift.

Results: There were only 5 cases in which patients reported episodes of pain on the temporal undermined area related with the suture with the evidence of pain subsiding over time and disappearing all together within 3 months. No patients required revision surgery and no patients presented laghophtalmos or any eyelid closure difficulties.

Conclusion: This paper presents a simplified version of an eyebrow lift technique that is easy to reproduce and effective.

Keywords

Eyebrow lift / blepharoplasty / transpalpebral

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