Engage with Dr. Culver :
Engage with Dr. Culver :
If your brows have drifted lower over the years, you may look tired, stern or older than you feel. Your upper eyelids can start to feel heavy too. A brow lift gently raises the brows and smooths the forehead, so you look rested and still move like yourself. Dr. Abby Culver, a board-certified female plastic surgeon in Dallas, TX, plans every brow lift around your face and goals. Most patients are back at work in about two weeks.
When your brows droop (surgeons call it brow ptosis), your face can look tired or even angry at rest. Dr. Culver chooses a new brow position that suits your features and forehead height, so you look alert and refreshed. Never surprised.
Those vertical creases between your brows, called glabellar lines, come from the corrugator muscles pulling inward. During a forehead lift, Dr. Culver can soften these muscles and reposition the underlying tissues, with gentle tightening of loose skin. Fine lines and deep wrinkles relax, and you still look like yourself when you smile.
No two foreheads are alike, so Dr. Culver builds your surgical plan around your medical history, hairline position and goals. Many patients are good candidates for an endoscopic brow lift, a minimally invasive approach that uses small incisions behind the hairline and a tiny camera called an endoscope. You’ll cover anesthesia and recovery well before surgery day.
Mild brow asymmetry is common; one brow often sits lower. A brow lift can bring them into better balance and lift the heavy tissue resting on your upper eyelids. For some patients, that also opens up a hooded look that was crowding the field of vision. The change is subtle. Your whole face simply looks more at ease.
Is a brow lift right for you? Dr. Culver answers that in person. Good candidates often share a few things:
Your brow lift consultation is an unhurried conversation at Dr. Culver’s Dallas practice. She’ll start by listening to what bothers you. Then she examines your forehead and eyebrows, your upper and lower eyelids, and your skin elasticity. Together, you’ll choose the brow lift technique that fits your anatomy. And if an eyelid lift or BOTOX would serve you better, she’ll tell you so.
In the weeks before surgery, Dr. Culver’s team sends you clear written instructions. You’ll pause blood thinners and certain supplements, protect your skin from sun exposure and fill any prescriptions for pain medication or antibiotics ahead of time. Plan for a driver and someone to stay with you the first night. Good preparation lowers the risk of complications.
Brow lift surgery is an outpatient procedure, usually under general anesthesia, so you’ll go home the same day. Dr. Culver selects the incision that suits your anatomy. The endoscopic approach uses a few small incisions in the scalp. A coronal brow lift, the traditional brow lift or open brow lift, runs across the top of the head, while a hairline brow lift can shorten a tall forehead or suit a receding hairline. She then secures your brow with sutures.
Plan to rest at home that first day. Swelling and bruising around your forehead and eyes peak early, then fade over one to two weeks; cold compresses and keeping your head elevated help. Some numbness, itching or change in sensation along the scalp can linger for months. That’s normal. Most patients return to light activity within days, back to work in about two weeks, and to strenuous activity after several more.
Forehead aging usually shows up as a lower brow, deeper creases and heavier eyelids. Your frontalis muscle, one of the forehead muscles, tries to help by lifting sagging brows all day, which only deepens those horizontal lines. Brow lift surgery can offer:
Dr. Abby Culver completed a six-year integrated plastic surgery residency at UT Southwestern, where she later joined the faculty. She is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, a member of ASPS and The Aesthetic Society, and a contributing editor for Aesthetic Surgery Journal Open Forum.
To Dr. Culver, the best compliment is when friends can’t say what changed. You just look rested. Every brow lift Dallas patients receive from her follows an individualized surgical plan built around how your eyebrows, eyelids and hairline work together. As a woman, she understands wanting to look like yourself, only refreshed. Patients visit from North Dallas, Plano, Frisco and McKinney. Results vary, and candidacy is confirmed at consultation.
Your brow lift cost depends on a few factors: the brow lift technique (endoscopic, coronal or hairline), the type of anesthesia, facility fees and the length of surgery. Adding blepharoplasty or a facelift also changes the total. After your brow lift consultation, once your treatment plan is set, Dr. Culver’s team gives you written cost estimates. Financing is available through Cherry, and insurance coverage rarely applies to a cosmetic brow lift.
A brow lift typically lasts between 5 and 12 years. Longevity depends on your skin quality and elasticity, the surgical techniques used and how the brow tissue heals around its new fixation. A coronal brow lift, the more invasive open approach, may hold a little longer. Your face keeps aging naturally, so sun protection and good skin care help protect long-lasting brow lift results.
Many brow lift patients say it was worth it because they finally look the way they feel: less tired, less stern. The answer depends on your goals, anatomy and the risks Dr. Culver reviews with you, including infection, bleeding, asymmetry, hair loss along the incision and changes in sensation. Injectables like BOTOX give a mild, temporary lift. Surgery lasts far longer.
Most patients describe brow lift recovery as tightness and pressure rather than sharp pain. You’ll be asleep under general anesthesia during surgery. Afterward, pain medication from your plastic surgeon, cold compresses and rest keep you comfortable, and discomfort usually eases within the first several days. Some scalp tenderness or headaches are normal. Sleeping with your head elevated and following post-operative instructions both help.
Many people consider a brow lift in their late 40s to early 50s, when forehead wrinkles and a lower brow position become more noticeable. But age alone doesn’t decide it. Some patients in their 30s inherit brow ptosis or heavy brows, and adults of any age in good overall health, with realistic expectations and no uncontrolled high blood pressure, may qualify. Dr. Culver will evaluate your forehead and eyelids in person.