Key Points for Achieving Successful Results Before and After Forehead Lift

Hello, I am Lee Seong-joon, the chief director at Ritting Plastic Surgery Seoul.

As we go through life, our faces change little by little.

There are many reasons for this, but the biggest cause of change is undoubtedly aging.

As we age, not only does the skin lose elasticity, but the strength of supporting ligaments, muscles, and other skin structures weakens, leading to sagging skin and wrinkles, which in turn change the appearance.

Of course, each person has different lifestyle habits, environments, facial expressions they make frequently, and skin thickness/condition, and depending on those detailed factors, the areas where wrinkles form more easily or where sagging occurs more easily can also differ.

Still, when changes occur around the eyes, you can really feel how much the overall impression changes.

In fact, the eyes are an area with thin skin, so they are prone to sagging and wrinkling, and many people look into various ways to correct changes in the eye area caused by aging.

What if the forehead has sagged?

Of course, if the eyelid itself has sagged, methods such as upper blepharoplasty or brow lift may help.

However, the cause of changes around the eyes due to aging cannot be thought of simply as eyelid sagging alone.

When we open our eyes, we use the strength of the forehead and eyebrows together to lift the eyelids.

If someone has weaker eye-opening strength, they tend to use the forehead and eyebrow muscles more, which can make wrinkles worse.

Also, if someone has particularly severe forehead wrinkles and sagging, even if the eyelid itself is not especially weak, it may become difficult to open the eyes clearly or the eye area may appear droopy.

In such cases, a forehead lift rather than a brow lift or upper blepharoplasty may be helpful. If the right method is chosen properly, you can expect a clear before-and-after change from a forehead lift.

What is an endoscopic forehead lift?

Simply put, a forehead lift is a lifting procedure that involves making an incision in part of the sagging forehead skin, pulling it upward, and fixing it in place.

Because it physically lifts sagging skin, you can feel an immediate before-and-after change from the forehead lift.

Since surgical incision and suturing are required, some people may feel 부담, but these days the endoscopic approach is commonly used, which can reduce that burden.

At Ritting Plastic Surgery, we also perform endoscopic forehead lifts.

A very small incision is made along the hairline where the forehead meets the hair, an endoscopic device is inserted, and then the skin, fascia, and muscles are carefully dissected and lifted.

From the outside, it may simply look like the skin has sagged, but in fact the muscles and fascia underneath are connected together, so this area must also be lifted precisely for the result to last longer and look natural.

Advantages of an endoscopic forehead lift and who it is recommended for

People who look into before-and-after forehead lift results often have particularly severe forehead wrinkles, or their eye area has changed due to forehead sagging rather than the eyelids themselves.

In fact, when carefully examining patients who visit because their eyes feel droopy and the shape has changed, there are quite a few cases where a forehead lift is more suitable.

If these people undergo the procedure, they can obtain a much brighter and clearer impression.

In addition, an expression that looked sullen or angry can change into one that looks bright and cheerful, which is why many people are satisfied.

Because this endoscopic forehead lift uses a small incision, the scar is also small and heals quickly.

The incision site is also in the hairline, so once it has fully healed, it has the advantage of being barely noticeable.

Also, at our clinic, we use a special fixer called Fixtain, which allows for strong fixation.

What if you want a stronger effect?

If the concerns caused by forehead sagging affect not only the eye area but the overall face, a forehead lift through incision may be necessary.

Because an incision is made along the forehead hairline and the muscle layer is carefully dissected and lifted, more energy is required in terms of surgery time and healing time.

However, because the lift is that much stronger, you can expect a dramatic before-and-after change in the forehead lift to the point that it is called an ironed-forehead lift.

In this case, if the entire upper face line has collapsed and sagged due to forehead drooping, you can expect a satisfying result.

Of course, there is no single correct answer when it comes to forehead lifting methods.

Even if a large incision and suturing are not necessary, if you can achieve satisfactory before-and-after forehead lift results according to your own features and condition, that can be considered a stable method.

The important thing is finding the method that suits you.

Needless to say, for this, the medical team’s skill and the treatment system must be evaluated.

That is because stable results can be achieved only when the unique characteristics of each person’s facial features, the degree of aging, and the patterns of sagging and wrinkles are anatomically understood, and a lifting direction tailored to the cause of aging is sought.

At Ritting Plastic Surgery, we deal exclusively with lifting procedures, and based on accumulated surgical data from a wide variety of cases, we provide each patient with the lifting approach that is truly necessary.

A place that studies only lifting

Our clinic has been continuously researching lifting since opening in 2004.

In that process, while meeting many patients, we have developed and perform our own signature lifting procedures and surgeries unique to Ritting.

Our goal is not simply to meet many patients and perform procedures and surgeries, but to help the many people who visit us achieve satisfying changes while preserving their own unique beauty.

We approach things from a medical perspective to create a bright and lively impression, and we design and plan each treatment precisely. If you are considering lifting for sagging and loose skin, please visit Ritting Plastic Surgery, where you can become younger tomorrow than you are today.