Patients considering upper eyelid surgery should have a thorough evaluation of their brows. A lowered brow position will increase the degree of upper eyelid skin present. In contrast, surgery to lift the eyebrows, i.e. forehead lift, results in reducing the redundant upper eyelid skin. As a result, patients who undergo forehead and eyelid surgery synchronously will have their eyebrows lifted prior to their upper eyelid surgery. This will then result in more conservative resection of the upper eyelid skin.