Plastic Surgery Patient Guides

Eyelid surgery gives long-lasting results, but your eyes keep ageing. Why lower lid results tend to hold better than upper lid results, how the scars change over the years and which habits help you keep a fresher look.

Hooded upper lids and puffy lower lids are both described as tired eyes, yet they need different operations. How the two are told apart, what each technique changes, and when treating both eyelids, or the brow, makes more sense.

A surprised look after a brow lift usually comes from lifting too high, lifting the inner brow too much or changing the brow’s shape. How a natural brow position is planned, what the first weeks look like and how long the result lasts.

Most people are back at a desk about a week after a brow lift, once the stitches are out. What the first days feel like, why the forehead often goes numb, where the scars sit with each technique and how to look after incisions in the hair.

A facelift lifts the deeper tissues for years, but the face keeps ageing from its new starting point. What lasts, what changes again, and how skin, weight, sun and smoking influence how long the result looks fresh.

Hooded upper eyelids are not always an eyelid problem. When the brow has dropped, it pushes skin onto the lids, and removing eyelid skin alone will not fix it. How to tell the difference, and when both operations are combined.

A neck lift can be done on its own when the changes stop at the neck. When jowls break the jawline, the lower face usually needs lifting too. How to tell the difference, what each plan involves and how the decision is made.

Fat under the chin, loose skin and muscle bands can look similar in the mirror but need different treatment. What liposuction alone can do, when a neck lift is needed and how the choice is made at examination.

Otoplasty gives a long-lasting result for most people, yet a small degree of relapse can occur. How permanent stitches hold the new shape, why an ear can partly return, how to protect it in the first months and what happens if a touch-up is needed.

Threads promise a lifted outer brow without surgery, while a temporal lift needs about a week of recovery. What each method actually moves, how long the effect usually lasts and when each one makes sense.

Neither approach is better for every nose. Open rhinoplasty adds a small columella incision for detailed tip work, while closed rhinoplasty leaves no external scar. How scars, precision and recovery compare, and how the choice is made for your anatomy.

Otoplasty is possible from about 6 years of age, once the ears have nearly finished growing, and there is no upper age limit. How the timing differs for children, teenagers and adults, including anaesthesia, consent and school planning.

Most swelling after rhinoplasty fades within three months, but the tip keeps refining for about a year, longer with thick skin. How swelling settles, why mornings look puffier, what you can judge early and when a revision is discussed.

Both operations lift the brows, but they work on different parts of them. How a temporal lift and a full brow lift differ, what each one changes and how the right choice is made for your face.

A surgically lifted eye contour lasts far longer than threads, but the face keeps ageing around it. How long fox eye surgery results last, what slowly changes over the years and which factors you can influence.

Fox eye threads and fox eye surgery aim for the same lifted, almond-shaped look, but they work on different structures. What each method can change around the eye, how long it lasts and what recovery involves.

Surgical dimples are designed to last, but they change after the procedure: deep and visible at rest at first, then softer and mainly visible when you smile. How the dimple forms, why it can become shallower and what affects how long it lasts.

A dimple only looks natural where your cheek folds when you smile. How the position is planned, when one dimple suits better than two, how symmetry is judged and whether the dimple will show when your face is relaxed.

The fox eye trend made a strongly pulled eye fashionable, but a result that suits your face is usually much subtler. Who is a good candidate, what makes a result look unnatural, and the risks to understand beforehand.

Round cheeks are not always caused by buccal fat. Which faces benefit from a bichectomy, why age and a stable weight matter, and which alternatives suit fullness that comes from muscle, bone structure or sagging tissue.