Eye Brow Thread Lift: The Fox Eyes Technique | ||||
| The Egyptian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | ||||
| Article 8, Volume 49, Issue 3, July 2025, Page 231-234 PDF (472.23 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejprs.2025.444134 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
Noury Adel  
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| Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Specialist, Private Practice, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Aim: To evaluate the trendy fox eye treatment by investigating the efficacy and longevity of different techniques for eyebrow lifting using PDO barbed threads. Material and Methods: 40 female patients between 22 – 50 years of age had an eyebrow thread lift procedure under local anesthesia, all the patients were randomly divided into four groups, each group containing 10 patients. The first group < br />had a fox eye using the traditional vectors starting from the eyebrow itself, the second group had the same approach in addition to vectors for vertical lift, the third group had vectors starting from the hairline, while the fourth group had a reverse vector approach. All preoperative measurements were recorded during the session, 2 weeks, 1 month & 3 months. Results: All patients reported a high degree of satisfaction rate with the results of the procedure; however, this satisfaction didn’t last as the results were temporary. All patients reported feelings of tension in the thread area in the first week after the treatment. Significant changes were observed in the NY distance immediately after the treatment till it returned to the baseline with almost a complete relapse at 1 month after treatment. Conclusion: The fox eye procedure is a non-surgical intervention that offers an acceptable immediate eyebrow lift if done correctly, however the result of the procedure is of temporary duration despite the various techniques that can be applied. Neurotoxin injections prior to the procedure might help < br />provide results with longer duration. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Eye brow thread lift; Fox eyes; Thread lifting; Barbed threads; Facial threads; PDO threads; Eyebrow lift | ||||
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