Brow Lift in Sydney

What should you expect after a brow lift in Sydney?

Most brow lift procedures are performed with the plan of an overnight stay in hospital. This ensures your safety after your brow lift in Sydney. Some patients will have small drains in their face when they wake up, to prevent the build up of fluid. The drains will usually be removed the next morning, but can be required to stay a few days if there is excessive fluid drainage. The removal of the drains is generally quick and not painful.

Side effects that may occur after a brow lift in Sydney

In the first few days after any general anaesthetic, it is normal to expect the following symptoms:-

•    Drowsiness
•    Dry throat
•    Nausea (possibly)
•    Discomfort and stiffness

Pain management after your brow lift

The local anaesthetic helps with pain control for the first evening, but has usually worn off by the following morning. This is usually the time when patients feel the most soreness. Regularly taking paracetamol and anti inflammatories for the first few days after the operation is important in minimising your discomfort and need for stronger pain killers.

Once you are comfortable moving around your room, you will be discharged home with a prescription for pain relief and antibiotics. You will need to take these medications for the first several days after your brow lift in Sydney. If you are prone to feeling nauseated after operations, you will also be given a prescription for something to help with that.

Return to activity after a brow lift in Sydney

There is some social down time after a brow lift procedure, where you will not want to be in the general public or having photographs taken at events. Most people can return to an office job within a week. If a brow lift is combined with other procedures, the recovery may be a bit longer.

Gently walking is the only exercise you should plan on doing for the first few weeks, and it will take about four weeks before you will feel well enough to return to the gym or restart running. Your body will tell you (with pain) if you are trying too soon. When you feel pain, it’s important that you back off and wait a few days before trying that activity again, rather than “pushing through the pain.” Allowing time for your body to heal will result in the best outcome from your brow lift in Sydney.

Follow up after your brow lift in Sydney

You will be asked to see Dr Gavin Sandercoe and his team for several follow up appointments to ensure that you are healing well from the procedure. This also allows your Specialist Plastic Surgeon in Sydney to treat any complications that occur. You will have appointments scheduled at one & three weeks with the practice nurse, and at three and twelve months with Dr Gavin Sandercoe after your brow lift in Sydney. If there are any problems, we want to hear from you and sort it out as soon as possible!