The cosmetic forehead and brow treatments in our Brisbane Cosmetic Clinic are for people who want to:

Your first consult will include a complimentary facial assessment to determine the best treatment approach for you, so the initial appointment will take about 30 minutes. Thereafter, your maintenance visits will take approximately 15 minutes.

Your clinician will examine your face and forehead, in particular your facial features, current brow position, brow shape – and any hollowing of temples, eyelid droop or asymmetry. They will discuss your perception of your face and skin, and your expected outcome from the treatment. They will discuss the potential side effects and complications of the treatment, and your post care instructions. You will be provided with an estimate of the number of ‘units’ of the product that are required to create an improvement in your frown lines. If you wish to proceed, the next part of your consultation will take less than 5 minutes. You will have pre-treatment photos taken and your forehead area will be cleaned with alcohol. The treatment takes a matter of minutes. If this is your first treatment, a review appointment will be booked in 2 to 3 weeks to assess your results and see if any adjustments need to be made; this won’t be required for subsequent treatments.

Estimates are available upon request (click the contact button above or email info@drdavidsharp.com.au). In most cases, they typically cost between $300 to $380.

Some patients report seeing results within 2 days, while others can take 7 to 14 days for the full effect to be seen. It’s important to remember that it can take some time before you see results, and often more than one treatment is required to achieve your desired result.

No, you can go back to work and normal activities straight after your cosmetic treatment. There may be some slight small pimple-like lumps under the injection sites across your forehead, which quickly dissipate after the treatment.

During your consult your clinician will explain your post treatment care instructions, and you will also take home a written post care sheet. It is most important not to rub, massage or place pressure on the treatment site for 4-6 hours after the treatment – to ensure the injectable produce stays exactly where it is meant to be. Rubbing it or spreading it to another area of your upper face can cause weakening of nearby muscles that can cause unintended ptosis or drooping. It’s important to follow your clinician’s advice and also read your take-home post treatment care instructions carefully.

Cosmetic injections to reduce frown lines are very safe. The most common side effect is local bruising around the injection site, and a dull headache, which about 10% of patients experience in the days following treatment. Less common, but possible, side effects can be asymmetry or eyelid droop. If you already have visible facial asymmetry (most people do), sometimes your initial results may take effect at a different pace and each side of the face adjusts to the treatment. This is very normal and usually resolves within a few weeks; it will be assessed at your review visit and if necessary, can be ‘tweaked’ to adjust the amount of product placed and even out any remaining asymmetry. This is one of the factors our clinicians take into account when treating patients. We would always prefer to under-treat initially, and then add more once your initial results are evident, than to over-treat in your first visit and create an over-treated, undesirable appearance simply just to sell a higher volume of product!

For these lines, Dr Sharp recommends working on the skin’s surface and collagen/elastin with Fraxel laser – or  Dermapen microneedling to stimulate the skin’s own anti-ageing response and improve skin condition in these areas.

It’s important to remember that dynamic lines (that appear when you move) usually form into static lines and wrinkle (which are always there, even when you aren’t moving) over time as the face ages. It’s never too late to reduce static lines, most people always achieve some improvement even with deep established static lines, however preventative action with the subtle use of injectables to reduce dynamic lines can help to prevent static lines from forming.

You can certainly have only the forehead region treated. Because cosmetic injectable rejuvenation works on the dynamics of facial muscles (i.e. the push-and-pull of each muscle working in its own direction to animate the face), injecting one area for a long period of time without considering other areas can cause over-activity in adjacent areas, increasing lines and wrinkles in those regions. Therefore optimal long term results – particularly for people aged over 30 – are obtained when the crow’s feet, and sometimes the brows, are injected at the same time. Subtly treating the entire upper face will optimise the result and reduces the chances of having one area of your upper face over-active, while the other appears inactive, creating an unnatural result.

Can revolumising treatments also be used in the forehead?

Revolumising treatments are sometimes used in the upper face region, but typically to replace lost volume in the temporal (temples) area and just inside the eyebrows to restore lost tissue and soften the bony orbital rim around the eyebrows. In some cases where there are extremely deep vertical lines between the brows and evidence of volume loss in this area, a small amount of dermal filler may be applied to plump-out deep wrinkles.

Sometimes, excess eyelid skin can cause you to unconsciously use your forehead muscles to ‘lift’ your eyelid skin. This over-activity of the forehead can lead to premature ageing in this region of the face, causing the creation of deeper horiontal lines. A combination of blepharoplasty surgery and non surgical treatments can effectively address both the cause, and symptoms, of this. If your eyelid skin obstructs your vision by sitting on your eyelashes while you are looking straight ahead, your blepharoplasty procedure may be deemed medically required, and eligible for a rebate from Medicare and/or your health fund. Call or email us to find out more.

Yes, we offer both. Most patients find the injections are so small, quick and tolerable, they don’t require any topical anaesthetic – however we are more than happy to apply our prescriptive topical anaesthetic, if requested. Please let us know if you would like this when booking your consultation, so we can schedule you to come into the clinic 30 minutes prior to your consultation, allowing plenty of time to apply the anaesthetic and for it to take effect before your treatment.