Face surgery
Eyelids, facelift, nose reshaping and ear correction: where each scar sits and how long recovery takes.
Face scars to scale
Most face scars sit in a crease, a fold or the hairline. The nose is the exception, and often has no outer scar at all.
Typical scar length, drawn to scale (sample)
Centimetres, 0 to 35. Your surgeon draws your own plan.
Typical scar
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Nose reshaping
0.5 cm, open technique only, across the skin between the nostrils
Scar drawn to scale: 0.5 cm, open technique only, across the skin between the nostrils
Upper eyelid surgery
3 to 3.5 cm each eyelid, in the crease of the upper lid
Scar drawn to scale: 3 to 3.5 cm each eyelid, in the crease of the upper lid
Ear correction
3 to 4 cm each ear, in the fold behind the ear
Scar drawn to scale: 3 to 4 cm each ear, in the fold behind the ear
Facelift
15 to 20 cm each side, in front of the ear and into the hairline
Scar drawn to scale: 15 to 20 cm each side, in front of the ear and into the hairline
Violet dashed line: the typical scar, to scale
Pale violet: how much longer it can be
Green underline: it sits in a natural crease, fold or hairline
Face procedures
Ear correction is planned on this page and at the consultation; the other three have their own pages.
Extra skin, and sometimes fat, taken from the upper or lower lids. Usually under local anaesthetic, home the same day.
Scar
In the upper lid crease, or just under the lower lashes
Desk work
About 1 week
From
$3,200
The deeper tissues of the lower face and neck lifted and the skin redraped. General anaesthetic, one night in.
Scar
In front of the ear and into the hairline
Desk work
2 to 3 weeks
From
$11,500
The bone and cartilage reshaped to change the size or profile of the nose, or to help breathing.
Scar
Inside the nose, or 0.5 cm between the nostrils
Desk work
1 to 2 weeks
From
$6,500
Ears that stick out set closer to the head by reshaping the cartilage. Adults only at this clinic.
Scar
In the fold behind the ear
Desk work
About 1 week
From
$3,400
Example prices, including the surgeon, the anaesthetist, the hospital and aftercare. Your written quote follows the first consultation.
Book a first consultation
Sixty minutes with the surgeon who would operate. Nothing is booked on the day, and the fee is taken off the surgery fee if you go ahead (sample).