Eyebrow Lift | General Questions About Brow Lift Surgery

With advancing age and facial movement, frontalis muscle descent, galea aponeurotica laxity, and gravity cause the brow complex to sag over the supraorbital rim. This creates hooded upper eyelids and conveys an unintended tired, angry, or stern expression. A brow lift surgically releases retaining ligaments and anchors the brow tissues superiorly to the temporal and frontal periosteum.

If a surgeon mistakenly performs an upper blepharoplasty on a patient with severe brow ptosis, removing eyelid skin will pull the heavy eyebrow even lower, crowding the eye further and narrowing the brow-to-lid distance. In contrast, an upper blepharoplasty alone is indicated when the eyebrow is in an ideal position (above the orbital rim) but the eyelid skin itself has stretched.