Brow lift - Botox or a scalpel?

On the forehead of human age-related changes are most noticeable in the first place. That's when the aid comes eyebrow lifting, which can be carried out with a scalpel and Botox.

"Men and women with age wrinkles and lines on the forehead and between the eyes, - says the plastic surgeon from Boston, Dr. Michael McCracken. - Remove the skin of the eyelids or Blepharoplasty does not solve the problem of drooping eyebrows, but makes more difficult the task of lifting without In order not to interfere with normal closed eyelids then. That is why anyone who wants to go through, or blepharoplasty Eyebrow lift   you need to know about all of the existing options, both surgical and no.

Typically, if the effect of sagging eyebrows too well noticeable, it requires surgical intervention. Botox is less effective in "running" cases and the effectiveness of the drug differs from patient to patient. Naturally, we have to regularly repeat injections to maintain the result.

Surgery allows more firmly secure what was possible to do, and she copes with any level of sagging eyebrows. The result of operation is stored for many years, depending on the age of the patient's lifestyle and habits. Surgery also can be different - from the use of the classic scalpel and cuts the line of hair to endoscopic brow lift .

In the latter case, the operation lasts about an hour, requires minimal incisions and is performed without general anesthesia. Surgeons use a fiber optic endoscope, which penetrates the skin through an incision behind the line of hair (where traces of them remain invisible). During the procedure, performed repositioning or removal of tissue and muscles, which also solves the problem of wrinkles on the forehead. "

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