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PLASTIC SURGERY Endoscopic
Forehead Lift

※Recovery time, hospital admission and visiting for
treatment schedule may vary among individuals.

Operation time
60 minutes
Method of
anesthesia
Sedative anesthesia
Hospital
admission stay
unnecessary
Suture removal
about 14 days
Visiting for
treatment
2 times
Recovery time
about 1 week

What is Endoscopic Forehead Lift?

Repetitive movements of contraction and relaxation of the corrugators muscle, orbicularis oculi muscle, procerus muscle and depressor supercilli muscle cause glabella wrinkle, upper nose wrinkles and crow feets wrinkles.

With aging the eyebrows sag and the eyelids droop make disturbance of visual field and itmake to use frontalis muscle to lift eyebrows for improving seeing. Contraction of frontalis muscle cause more forehead wrinkles. In such cases, endoscopic forehead lift, in which there are no worries of skin incisions or scar formation, may improve forehead wrinkles, glabella, crow’s feet, as well as sagging eyelashes and eyelids all at once. Use the Full HD endoscope to perform surgery.

Cases requiring Endoscopic Forehead Lift

When the distance between the eyes and the eyebrows is narrow to have a angry and tired impression, and then incisional eye surgery is no longer possible.

Cases with frequent lifting of the eyelashes whenever opening the eyes

Cases with droopy eyes that do not show the double eyelids well, and that making the eyes to appear gradually smaller in size.

Cases with prominent forehead or glabellar wrinkle(s)

Cases with droopy eyelbrowss that
further emphasize sagging of
the eyelids

Sites effective on Endoscopic Forehead Lift

forehead wrinkle

brow position correction

bigger double fold

Improvement on the
wrinkles around the
eye rims

Lifting effect

Change into good image

Change of image on the upper face and lifting effect
(Eyes, eyebrows, forehead, glabella, eye rims, etc.)

Advantages of Endoscopic Forehead Lift

01The lifting effects to the
forehead, eyes and
eyebrows are high.

03Rejuvenation effect is
maintained for long
period of time.

05Changes are
shown naturally.

02Clear shape of the eyes is
created without double
eyelid surgery.

04Endoscope is used for
minimum skin incision
and scar.

Comparison of Fixation Methods on Endoscopic Forehead Lift

Endotine	VS	Orthodontic screw

Melted after 12 months	Removal	Removable after 2 months through consultation
Low	Fixation strength	High
High	Cost	Low
Bio-absorbable	Characteristics	Metal screw harmless to the human body
Felt until it is melted	Foreign body sensation	Slight foreign body sensation
May be weakened after absorption	Maintenance period	Semi-permanent effect

The fixation method of endoscopic forehead lift can be divided into 3 types.

The first type is to the screw used by the dentist for orthodontics to enable fixation. In the second type, the fixed implant called andotine, which is a bio-absorbable soft tissue,can be used for fixation. The third type is to drill a hole directly on the skull for fixation. The type can be determined under sufficient amount of consultation with the doctor according to the peripheral condition of the individual patient (occupation, living abroad, etc.) depending on the recovery process of the patient after the surgery.

Procedure of Endoscopic Forehead Lift

STEP 01

Before the surgery, there is a great amount of wrinkles on the forehead, and the middle of the forehead and eye rims are drooped.

STEP 02

Incision is made on about 5 sites inside the head for about 1cm

STEP 03

An endoscopic instrument is inserted to separate the forehead and under the eyebrow, and the forehead is pulled upwards to be fixed on the periosteum.

STEP 04

It relieves the drooping of the eyebrows and removes wrinkles in the forehead.