Temple Lift

Overview

Temple Lift

To restore and rejuvenate the upper third of your face – outer eyes, outer brows and upper cheeks – temple tightening (temporoplasty) describes a range of specialised techniques that gently lift and support this region.

Sagging skin around the temple can drag down the corners of the eyes and give the face a drooping look. To counter this, we offer temporoplasty, or a temple lift.

Temporoplasty can be performed by itself, but generally, its benefits are optimised when combined with a browlift or mid-facelift. During a consultation, your surgeon will show you how we can address your concerns, and discuss the best solution for you.

In older style face and neck lifts, the temple incision was a continuation of the facelift incision. However, when facial tissue is elevated this way, there is a risk of pulling the sideburn up unnaturally. So many modern techniques use a separate incision in the temple hair, to lift and tighten the underlying facial layers discreetly

Best Candidates

• Good general health
• Desire to reduce the visible effects of ageing
• Requiring treatment of inherited droopy brows and similar conditions

What to Expect

During the consultation, we evaluate your overall health along with your skin quality, skin looseness, folds, and wrinkles. In addition, the underlying bone anatomy will be assessed and a facial rejuvenation treatment plan will be created that will help attain the best results. Your own personal assessment & concerns are explored and discussed.

There are several variations of a surgical Templelift, including a skin-only lift, which is reserved for patients with less sagging or a lift which addresses other tissue with procedures like a SMAS facelift, a MACS lift or a sub-periosteal midface lift.

Commonly, we combine surgical interventions with non-surgical procedures such as wrinkle fillers or neuro-toxin (like Botox), as well as a chemical peel or a laser treatment to address skin irregularities on the surface, such as scars, sunspots and blemishes. It is common to inject some of your own tissues such as fat cells & blood platelets (PRP) to augment repair & promote healing; the aim is to achieve the optimum result for your unique concerns and goals.