Everything You Need to Know About Endoscopic Brow Lift

It can be frustrating to be well rested and feeling great, only to have someone ask whether you’re feeling OK. Thanks to the forces of aging around the top half of your face, namely drooping eyebrows, as well as ever-deepening frown lines between your brows and across your forehead, that vibrant soul on the inside is being overshadowed. 

As a result, your outer expression isn’t really aligning with your inner, youthful spirit, and you want to find a better balance between the two. One of the best ways to bridge that gap is with a brow lift, which boasts an impressive 98% patient satisfaction rating.

In the hands of our own board-certified plastic surgeon, Dr. Jonathan Zelken, we take brow lifts to the next level with the endoscopic brow lift, which delivers dramatic results via a minimally invasive surgery — the best of both worlds. Let’s take a look.

What we can accomplish with a brow lift

Let’s first take a look at some of the many objectives we can accomplish through a brow lift, which includes:

• Raising sagging eyebrows
• Establishing more symmetry between your eyebrows
• Smoothing out horizontal forehead lines
• Erasing the 11s between your eyes — your frown lines

Dr. Zelken tailors your brow lift to your unique anatomy, so these are just the general goals of the procedure. When we sit down with you, we can develop a more detailed, targeted plan.

How endoscopy takes your brow lift to the next level

Each year in the United States, about 366,000 facial surgeries are performed. As a surgeon specializing in facial surgery and facelifts, Dr. Zelken uses every modern technique available to provide patients with undetectable facelifts.

The endoscopic brow lift is a great example of this. During this procedure, Dr. Zelken only makes a few small 5-centimeter incisions along your hairline. Using these incisions, he inserts an endoscope (a high-definition, lighted camera) that provides an excellent view of the tissues in your forehead. 

Using the other incisions as entry points, Dr. Zelken threads through specialized instruments to trim tissue and release muscles that hold your brows down. If you’d like more detail, click on this link to Dr. Zelken’s YouTube page, where he discusses brow lifts.

Thanks to the smaller incisions that Dr. Zelken makes during your brow lift, you benefit from:

• Less collateral tissue damage
• Minimal scarring
• Less bleeding
• Reduced risk of infection
• Shorter recovery time

This isn’t to say that there’s no recovery. After a brow lift, most of our patients experience 2-3 weeks of swelling and bruising, which are relatively easy to manage. As the swelling subsides and the bruising fades, you’re rewarded with an upper face that looks as vibrant and youthful as you feel on the inside.

If you’d like to explore for yourself how an endoscopic brow lift can make a literal difference in your outlook, please contact our office in Newport Beach, California, at (949) 676-9119. Or, you can request an appointment using our online booking tool.