BROW LIFT

The Day of Surgery
On the morning of surgery, Dr. Parson will need to draw lines on your face and scalp to provide him with guidelines during your procedure. Your hair will be minimally shaved appropriate to the approach used and otherwise gathered into bundles with rubber bands.

The forehead lift typically takes about an hour, and a dressing will be placed around your entire head. After an appropriate period of observation in our recovery room, you will be discharged into the company of an adult. Patients cannot be discharged into the company of a minor or to a taxi service. Out-of-town patients should plan to stay locally for approximately 14 days.

The Post-Operative Period
You will most likely feel like sleeping for the rest of the day. Often, patients do develop a headache from the tension placed on their scalp. Dr. Parson uses a long-lasting local anesthetic block to provide a measure of pain relief for several hours after surgery, but it will be necessary for you to take pain medication for about 3 to 5 days afterwards. You will not be able to wash your hair until after your first post-operative visit. You should plan to apply ice compresses to your eyes to diminish swelling and bruising. You should anticipate some swelling and bruising around the eye area, which typically resolves in less than 2 weeks.

You will be seen 2 to 3 days after surgery, and your dressings removed. You will then be allowed to wash your hair. You will return for removal of wound clips in 10 - 14 days. If mini-screws are used, these are removed at 7 to 10 days. Most patients return to work at one week or less. Final results are usually evident at 3 to 6 weeks, though there may be some minimal swelling which needs to disappear over the first 3 months.

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