Eye Brow Thread Lift: The Fox Eyes Technique

Adel, Noury

doi:10.21608/ejprs.2025.444134

Eye Brow Thread Lift: The Fox Eyes Technique

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Noury Adel

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Specialist, Private Practice, Cairo, Egypt

10.21608/ejprs.2025.444134

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

Main Subjects

Aesthetics

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