How Much Can Forehead Lift Improve Forehead Wrinkles and Glabellar Wrinkles?

Hello, this is Park Sunghyuk from NoonHeight Plastic Surgery.

Recently, there has been a noticeable increase in cases where patients come in for middle-aged eye surgery consultations and end up having a forehead lift...

The reason, I think, is that compared with other middle-aged eye surgeries, it feels more natural

there are no visible incision marks

the impression becomes softer

and the wrinkle-improving effect is excellent.

I believe these points may be why.

So how much can wrinkles improve with a forehead lift?

Especially glabellar wrinkles and forehead wrinkles!

I will answer this question in the second part of the forehead lift FAQ series that many patients ask about~

How much can a forehead lift improve glabellar wrinkles?

When asked how much wrinkle treatment a forehead lift can provide,

I confidently answer that glabellar wrinkles improve a lot.

Rather than words, forehead lift before-and-after photos speak for themselves^^

8 days after forehead lift

As the distance between the eyes and eyebrows increases,

the wrinkles smooth out.

It is like stretching an accordion longer

which makes the wrinkles unfold~

Shall we look at another case?

2 months after forehead lift

But!

Endoscopic forehead lift is not a万能 solution for all glabellar wrinkle surgery!!

That is the case where the wrinkles are etched in, as if imprinted into the skin.

These wrinkles, which are different from fine lines,

remain in the skin even when the forehead is lifted upward,

so the wrinkles cannot help but remain.

Wrinkles that are etched into the skin like this

must be treated with dermal injections.

2 months after dermal injection

During the examination, the wrinkles did not disappear even when the eyebrows were pulled upward.

In other words, they were wrinkles etched into the skin.

These wrinkles

can be treated with dermal injections...

Dermal injection procedure

The dermal injection performed at NoonHeight Plastic Surgery is

a treatment in which two steps, CO2 subcision and HA filler injection,

are repeated in small amounts, which is a little different from the methods used at other plastic surgery clinics.

Does endoscopic forehead lift remove forehead wrinkles?

Many people wonder whether forehead wrinkles disappear after a forehead lift....

Sometimes they improve, and sometimes they do not.

This is where the experience and judgment of the medical team, who can examine the patient accurately, are important....

Let me explain in more detail by looking at the cases below.

1. Fine forehead wrinkles visible even when resting

I refer to these wrinkles as

static wrinkles....

Forehead lift review: 2 months

As the forehead moves upward,

the wrinkles improve quite a bit.

But in my experience,

I do not think they improve as much as glabellar wrinkles.

The reason is that the forehead has broader and larger muscles than the glabella,

so wrinkles also form in a wider variety over a broader area.

Forehead muscles

To completely remove even these fine wrinkles,

NoonHeight Plastic Surgery uses dermal injections and resurfacing laser only when necessary.

2. Forehead wrinkles visible when opening the eyes

On the other hand, there are cases where endoscopic forehead lift is valuable as a surgery to remove forehead wrinkles.

These are dynamic wrinkles!

In other words, if a person has the habit of opening the eyes using the forehead,

the forehead wrinkles can form early, even in young people...

Let's look at the example below?

Dynamic wrinkles (before forehead lift)

This person is young, yet has severe forehead wrinkles when opening the eyes.

There are various causes such as habit, drooping eyebrows, and ptosis... but

if the habit of opening the eyes with the forehead is left untreated,

early wrinkles can form and make a person look older than their peers ㅠㅠ

If such people receive forehead Botox,

the forehead wrinkles improve temporarily,

but opening the eyes becomes heavy and uncomfortableㅠㅠ

The reason is that they need to use the forehead muscles

for opening the eyes to feel comfortable.

For people with these dynamic wrinkles,

if forehead lifting is performed,

opening the eyes becomes easier, and the forehead wrinkles can

improve a lot.

Below is the appearance after forehead lift.

After forehead lift: dynamic wrinkles improved a lot.

As the drooping eyebrows were lifted,

there was no longer a need to use the forehead muscles to open the eyes.

It looks much more comfortable, and the forehead wrinkles also improved significantly.

At NoonHeight Plastic Surgery, we accurately identify the cause of wrinkles like this

and suggest appropriate treatment tailored to that cause, helping to raise patient expectations.

That concludes today’s forehead lift FAQ.

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