Are you worried about the incision scar from brow lift surgery?

As a method for correcting drooping upper eyelids, brow lift surgery is commonly performed along with upper blepharoplasty and endoscopic forehead lift surgery. It is a highly effective procedure for improving eyelid drooping, but some people worry about what the scar from the incision under the eyebrow will look like. Based on cases from our Nuneop Plastic Surgery Clinic, I will explain in detail.



What should you be careful about before brow lift surgery?

3 months after brow lift and lower blepharoplasty

First, when it comes to whether brow lift surgery is appropriate for you, it is important to meet a doctor who can make a careful diagnosis. If the skin under the eyebrow is incised, the drooping eyelid skin is properly removed and sutured, then the eyebrow that you had been unconsciously lifting before surgery will no longer need to be lifted (because the drooping has improved), and as a result the distance between the eyes and eyebrows will become narrower after surgery. Depending on the individual, this can change the impression of the eyes to a stronger, angrier-looking appearance.

Therefore, with brow lift surgery, it is important to meet a board-certified plastic surgeon who can diagnose in advance whether such changes are likely to occur and explain the alternatives sufficiently.

An SCI paper by Nuneop Plastic Surgery Clinic that analyzed 518 middle-aged eye plastic surgery cases and presented a treatment algorithm

Then does the distance between the eyes and eyebrows become narrower after surgery in all patients?

My answer is: "In quite a lot of middle-aged people, the position of the eyebrow lowers after brow lift surgery, but that does not mean the eyebrow lowers in all patients." That is why experience and judgment in distinguishing between cases where the eyebrow will lower and cases where it will not are important.

Before-and-after brow lift surgery. Pay attention to the change in eyebrow position.

What are the scars like after brow lift surgery?

Although brow lift surgery involves an incision under the eyebrow, leaving the incision scar visible for a certain period, there are many people who can still achieve satisfying results from the procedure.

1. Those who do not necessarily want to create a double eyelid,

2. Those who want to naturally reveal their original double eyelid hidden by drooping eyelids while improving only the sagging,

3. Those with only a mild habit of opening the eyes using the forehead can see satisfying results.

4 months after brow lift surgery (without scar laser treatment)

The location and width of the incision, as well as the degree of scarring in brow lift surgery, vary depending on the patient’s condition and the board-certified plastic surgeon’s related surgical experience. At Nuneop Plastic Surgery Clinic near Gangnam Station, meeting people does not feel particularly burdensome starting from 2 weeks after surgery. From 2 months onward, the scar becomes difficult to notice.

2 months after brow lift surgery (without scar laser treatment)

What scar laser is used at Nuneop?

In most cases, the surgical site heals well even without scar laser treatment... but because we do not want to miss even the smallest details ^^, at Nuneop Plastic Surgery Clinic we actively provide laser treatment for anyone who may be concerned about scars.

The Sciton Joule laser at Nuneop Plastic Surgery Clinic

But did you know that even scar lasers have different classes...?

When people talk about scar lasers, CO2 is the most common, and Er:YAG is also sometimes used.

The device Nuneop has is the Joule laser from Sciton, which is an Er:YAG laser.

As you might guess from the product name, the CEO has an engineering background. Unlike some laser companies that focus on marketing with celebrities, this is a company that aims to win through results, so its technical capability, equipment precision, and staff training are well known in this field. It seems to share similar direction and values with what Nuneop Plastic Surgery Clinic pursues as well^^;;

Can brow lift surgery be performed at the same time as other eye surgeries?

Sometimes among those who inquire about middle-aged eye surgery, some people ask this question.

Depending on the patient’s drooping eye condition, brow lift surgery, upper blepharoplasty, lower blepharoplasty, and so on....

For those who want to improve significantly drooping eyelids, create a balanced double eyelid, and improve the under-eye area all at once, it is common for us to perform the necessary eye plastic surgeries simultaneously.

A case of simultaneous brow lift + upper blepharoplasty + lower blepharoplasty surgery

As in the case above, brow lift surgery, double eyelid surgery, and lower blepharoplasty can all be performed at the same time, so please consult with Nuneop, which has extensive experience in middle-aged eye plastic surgery.