An endoscopic browlift is a short outpatient procedure. Pre-operative sedation or anesthesia may be used. To reduce the appearance of scars and minimize the risks associated with surgery, Dr. Elizabeth performs endoscopic surgery through several small incisions that are placed just behind the hairline. The brows are lifted from the inside, and small implants are placed very shallowly into the skull which allow the brows to be secured in an elevated position. They dissolve over the next 3-6 months, and the scar they leave behind under the scalp keeps the brows in their new desirable position thereafter. This procedure doesn't change the length of the forehead or position of the hairline in a meaningful way.

An open browlift is a longer outpatient procedure requiring general anesthesia. Incisions are made either just along the hairline (called pretrichial: it has the ability to shorten the forehead and change the hairline position and/or shape), or several inches behind it (called coronal: it displaces the hairline further back on the head, as the browlift is accomplished by removing scalp with hair on it at the incision). Both incisions extend from ear to ear on the scalp. The results are more dramatic, the results may be longer lasting than endoscopic browlifts, but the recovery is longer.