title: Ideal female brow aesthetics.
abstract: The concept of the ideal female eyebrow has changed over time. Modern studies examining youthful brow aesthetics are reviewed. An analysis of ideal female brow characteristics as depicted in the Western print media between 1945 and 2011 was performed. This analysis provided objective evidence that the ideal youthful brow peak has migrated laterally over time to lie at the lateral canthus. There has been a nonstatistically significant trend toward lower and flatter brows. These findings are discussed in relation to current concepts of female brow aging, with repercussions regarding endoscopic brow lift and aesthetic forehead surgery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Keck School of Medicine at USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA. griffin.fpsurgery@gmail.com
authors.forename: Garrett R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Griffin
authors.forename: Jennifer C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D004954:Esthetics; D005138:Eyebrows / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D005546:Forehead / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D015361:Rhytidoplasty / Q000379:methods*