Will I Need A Browlift If I Get A Brow Bone Reduction?

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am a 25 y/o cisgender male with a very prominent brow ridge and I am interested in brow bone reduction as a solution. I want to retain a masculine appearance and keep my eyebrows where they are currently at. I was also wondering if a brow lift would be required to stabilize the brows or get rid of excess skin?

A:Thank you for your inquiry and sending your pictures. In answer to your two brow bone reduction questions:

1) Male brow bone reduction is quite different than transgender ale to female brow bone reduction in terms of their aesthetic goals.  A cisgender male wants to take a hyper normal/overprojected brow bone and reduce it to normal (meaning still have some brow bone proejction) whereas the transgender patient wants it to be completely flattened. This I understand well as about 50% of my brow bone reduction procedures performed are in cisgender males.

2) In my brow bone reduction experience in males a brow lift is not necessary with their brow bone reduction.

Dr. Barry Eppley

Plastic Surgeon