The Extended Brow Lift: The Toucan Technique

Brow ptosis is the main consequence of aging in the upper third of the face. Many methods have been described to correct it: skin excisions of the brow hairline, skin excisions of the forehead natural creases, skin trimmings of the temporal, coronal, or forehead hairline flaps, and endoscopic methods [1,15,17,18,24,26,27]. The authors created a procedure which is based on a forehead-temporal subcutaneous flap and a muscular relocation. It treats the brow ptosis and its surrounding area—temporal ptosis, upper and lower lateral eyelid ptosis, crow's feet—and at the same time improves the sclera show or ectropion. The method preserves the sideburn and the temporal hairline and can reduce the width between the temporal hairline and the lateral end of the eyebrow. The method produces maximum improvement, with high-quality scars and minimal evidence of surgery. The procedure is called "The Toucan Technique," due to the shape of the skin resection which looks like a toucan bird [11,13,14].