Temporal lift

WHO NEEDS IT?

Temporal lifting is generally practiced from the age of 35-40; there again it all depends on the nature of the skin, life hygiene and hereditary considerations. It is intended to be for persons wishing to pull up the tail of the eyebrow in order to open the look/eyesight.

Aims:

Temporal lifting is carried out to correct the descent of the eyebrow tail, the wrinkles of the crow’s foot, the minor loosening of the cheekbones area/or the collapse of the external angle of the eye. The whole area will be re-stretched. Temporal lifting can be carried out separately, but the rejuvenating effect increases if it comes to complete an operation dealing with the eyelids.

Before the operation:

Your medical examinations

Between one week and one month prior to your operation, you must make an appointment with a medical tests laboratory in order to undergo a full pre-surgical check-up. The tests results must be sent to us (by facsimile or by e-mail) so that they can be seen and read by our anesthetist doctor. Depending on the test results, other examinations may be required. If you are unable to carry out your examinations before your departure to Tunisia, there is always a possibility to do that on the spot, the day before the operation. It must be known that if there is a contra-indication to your operation, the anesthetist doctor has the right to put off or cancel the operation. No medication containing aspirin should be taken at least 10 days before the operation. You must mention any type of medication you may have taken. It is essential that you refrain from eating, drinking, and smoking for 8 hours before the operation.

With regard to your luggage, you must bring sunglasses, one or two scarves (to cover the bruises), a hat or cap, and full sun block cream.

Getting ready for the operation

You will be taken to your clinic the night of the operation, the time to get settled in your room, to take a shower if needed and to meet with the medical team: your surgeon, the anesthetist doctor, and all the health care staff. The operation takes place the following morning. Very often, the night before the operation, the nurses will give you a kind of pre-medication in the form of a light tranquilizer to make sure that slightly anxious patients to face the operation with more fortitude. You will be given a hair wash the night of the operation and a careful removal of make-up will be carried out the day of the operation.

Type of anesthesia

Temporal lifting is undertaken under full anesthesia or deep partial anesthesia through the administration of tranquilizers by intravenous injection

Operation

There is a discreet incision, hidden in the hair or under the hair implantation line. The skin is unglued, re-stretched, and then stitched after removing any extra padding or skin excess.

Duration of the operation

The duration of a temporal lifting is 1 hour.

After the operation

The duration of a temporal lifting is 1 hour.

After the operation

The post surgical pain is not so important; it is essentially a headache that can be cured through weak analgesic.

Bandage and the drainage tube will be removed the day following the surgical operation.

Hair wash will be 48 hours after the operation

Surgical consequences

Edemas (swelling) and ecchymosed spots essentially around the eyelids and at the temples will die away within 8 to 10 days.

It is expected that social life will be back to normal 8 to 10 days after the operation.

Outcome

Any surgical operation has some risks and the likelihood of bleeding, infection and poor healing of bruises is to be taken into consideration.

Work interruption

There is no need for interrupting the work: the recovery stay spent in Tunisia following the operation is very beneficial and enables most of our patients to resume their professional activities as soon as they return home.

Fees

The fees required for a temporal lifting varies immensely depending on the patients, the condition of their skin, and their age, etc. They usually start at 2700 Euros.