Recently, a female patient with intracranial tumor was admitted to our neurosurgery department. Associate Professor Zhang Quanbin used the classic minimally invasive transbrow arch surgical approach, which not only completely removed the lesion, but also avoided the impact of ordinary craniotomy on the patient’s appearance and appearance. The patient, Ms. Zhao, had a very strange starting symptom – loss of smell in the absence of respiratory tract infection and no sensory disease. After going through many hospitals, the final diagnosis was like a bolt from the blue – a tumor with a diameter of more than 3 centimeters was lurking in the skull! Ms. Zhao came to our hospital on the recommendation of a friend, and Associate Professor Zhang Quanbin decided to operate on her. Although surgery was inevitable, she shuddered at the sight of her friends shaving their heads and seeing a shocking cut on their heads. After all, in terms of medical aesthetics, the surgery should not only successfully remove the lesion, but also protect the patient’s appearance as much as possible. After meticulous evaluation, Professor Zhang decided to perform a minimally invasive locking hole surgery via the arch of the eyebrow for Ms. Zhao. The surgery was performed under general anesthesia and the entire skin incision was hidden in the eyebrow, measuring only about 3 cm in length, while the bone window formed after the craniotomy was less than 2 cm. Due to adequate preoperative preparation, the surgery went very smoothly and the tumor was completely removed. On the second day after the operation, the patient’s spirit was basically restored to the pre-operative state, and what made her even happier was that her hair was really “unharmed”. Prof. Zhang said that minimally invasive is the trend of neurosurgery, and it is the neurosurgeon’s long-term goal to obtain the best therapeutic effect through the smallest trauma. As the incision is hidden in the eyebrow hairs, there is no need to shave the head or the eyebrows. Due to the small incision and low intraoperative bleeding, the patient’s postoperative recovery is quick and truly minimally invasive and cosmetic. As a classic of minimally invasive surgery, the locking hole procedure via the arch of the eyebrow has a wide range of applications, not only for removing tumors in the anterior skull base and saddle region, but also for clamping off aneurysms in several parts of the skull.