Cosmetic Plastic Surgery – Forehead Lift, Temporal Lift and Brow Lift Procedures

Substantial quantity of patients that comes to our office presents with concerns concerning the appearance of their upper face. They commonly complain that they are often told that they appear tired, sad or even angry when they do not feel these emotions. This individuals generally attribute this unfavorable emotional state with the look of their upper eye lids and will usually request for upper Blepharoplasty Philippines . This false perception of psychological pessimism of the face is due to the look of the upper eye lid that is affected by the brow position.


The eyebrow which is a distinguishing portion of our forehead, include hair follicle. The human eye that includes the eyebrow and eyelid is responsible for expressing one’s non verbal emotions. The contour, shape and position from the eyebrow can recommend sadness, anger, confusion and alertness. The eyebrows droop down as an individual ages, this causes fullness and hooding of the upper eye lid. This alter from the brow position is usually accompanied by deep transverse lines from the forehead, vertical lines at the glabular area and crow's feet at the lateral side from the eyes.

The eyebrows position can be altered surgically to assist alter the patient's facial expression; this is known as forehead lift or brow lift. It can be lifted by excising the excess skin of the forehead through an incision behind or just along the hairline. But for some patient that heals well specially for Caucasians, the incision can be placed just above the eyebrows. The contour and shape of the eyebrows can also be altered by lifting the lateral half of eyebrow, to raise the brow upward and back to a more youthful position which executed via an incision in the temple region of the scalp. This really is process is known as temporal lift. All of these procedures also enhance or soften the deep transverse lines in the forehead, crow’s feet in the sides from the eyes and frown lines more than the glabelar area. Thus resulting inside a more young and relaxed appear.


With cosmetic plastic surgery in the Philippines, frequently perform this as out-patient procedure in our totally equip ambulatory surgical facility or patient may be admitted for a day or two if they prefer to have more comfort and relaxation immediately after the surgery. Weather the procedure will probably be performed as an Out-Patient or as a Hospital process, preoperative laboratory and medical clearance is required. The process will final for 60 to 90 min. Forehead lift or temporal lift may be done beneath deep sedation with nearby anesthesia or common anesthesia. Patients are required to wear tight dressing or compression garment for 1 to two week, and this will help the skin redrape to the muscle from the face, help in controlling swelling and also prevent fluid to accumulation under the skin. There will probably be some swelling and mild bruising of the face that will final for several days to weeks. Sutures are removed 7 days after the surgery.


Any patient planning to have this process will require ten to 14 days for the initial consultation, laboratory, medical clearance, surgery; adhere to up, suture removal and early recuperation. After this patient is secure to travel since wounds are dry and healed.