Forehead Lift

Q: Dr. Eppley, Is it possible to do forehead lift to rid of  horizontal wrinkle lines and raise the forehead but not move eyebrow position? Because I have many forehead wrinkles. I have tried Botox but I want a permanent result. I don’t want any movement position in eyebrows. How is it done?

A: What you are asking can not be done exactly the way you want it. You can not permanently paralyze the entire forehead even with extensive muscle stripping. And if you remove all the muscle between the eyebrows to try and achieve it you will need up with a dent or depression between the eyebrows. You definitely can weaken it considerably by muscle resection (glabellar area) but it should be combined with the placement of a dermal-fat graft in the resected area so that a depression  is not created and it will inhibit any muscular reattachments as well.

In reality a forehead lift and a browllift are one and the same. A forehead lift can not be done without some browlifting effect. That effect can be made minimal but no change can be done in the forehead without some potential change occurring in the brow area riught below it.

Dr. Barry Eppley

Indianapolis, Indiana