Abstract
The classic rhytidectomy leaves the upper third of the face without improvement. Yet the eye-eyebrow region is the most influential in determining facial expressions. There is only a narrow range of positions of the eyebrows in which they are perceived as attractive. The influence of the coronal browlift on facial mimics is discussed as it seems to be a way to predictably reposition the eyebrows and improve crow's feet and forehead, and glabellar wrinkles at the same time. The results of 56 patients surveyed 1–3 years postoperatively are presented.
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Bruck, J.C., Baker, T.J. & Gordon, H. Facial mimics and the coronal brow lift. Aesth. Plast. Surg. 11, 199–201 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01575510
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