Traditionally, the asymmetrical brow in facial paralysis has been treated with open procedures. There are few data that support the use of endoscopic procedures to treat patients with facial palsy or paralysis. We sought to evaluate a single surgeon's experience with the use of endoscopic forehead-lifts to treat asymmetrical brow positioning resulting from facial nerve disorders. All cases invo...

BACKGROUND Lack of an objective goal for brow-lift surgery may explain why several articles in the plastic surgery literature conclude that brow lifts produce eyebrows with shape and position that are not aesthetically pleasing. By comparing eyebrow shape and position in both young and mature women, this study provides objective data with which to plan forehead rejuvenating procedures. METHOD...

BACKGROUND The Endotine Forehead device (Coapt Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, Calif.) is an implantable bioabsorbable fixation device designed to provide intuitive, multipoint, distributed tension and repeatable and predictable brow fixation during endoscopic and open browplasty. The purpose of this study was to evaluate early results in a series of endoscopic brow lift cases using the Endotine Fore...

IndIcatIOnS Indications are as follows: dermatochalasis, skin laxity, eyebrow descent, prominent fat compartments, lacrimal gland descent, suborbicularis brow fat, prominent orbital rim, laxity of the tarsoligamentous sling, and hypertrophic or atrophic orbicularis oculi. 1 Evaluating medical history, brow stability, and levator function will help determine if ptosis is a contributing factor or...

PURPOSE To describe the use of hyaluronic acid gel for upper eyelid filling, contouring, and rejuvenation. METHODS In this consecutive, retrospective, interventional case series, standard serial puncture injections with preperiosteal placement of filler were administered at the superior orbital rim. Outcome measures included classification of upper eyelid volume deficiency as I) medial A-shap...

s of Interest Endoscopic Brow Lift: A Retrospective Review of 628Consecutive Cases Over 5 Years. CHIU E, BAKER DC; NEW YORK, NY In this review of the largest series of endoscopic brow lift proce-dures to date, the authors surveyed the plastic surgeons fromone institution on their experiences. Plastic surgeons from theManhattan Ear Nose and Throat Infirmary performed a total of<l...