Contact & consultation

Arranging an assessment

Outpatient appointments are booked through the hospital on the numbers below; international patients can ask for Michael Yu. Bring photographs of yourself from five and ten years ago if you have them, because they show how the distance between the eyebrow and the lash line has changed, which is more useful than any description. Bring a written list of what bothers you, what you would refuse, and any previous eyelid or brow treatment, including anything done elsewhere.

What a good assessment includes

Brow height at rest and in movement; how much lid skin remains when the brow is supported with a finger; the position of the existing crease and the amount of skin above it; whether the lid closes completely and how the eye surface behaves; skin quality and how it heals; and the symmetry of the two sides. You should leave able to say which tissue moved, what each operation would change, what each would leave exactly as it is, and what the plan would be if you declined.

What to ask about the plan

If an eyelid operation is proposed, ask how much skin is being removed and why, where the crease sits, and whether lid fat is being addressed. If a brow lift is proposed, ask which approach is planned, where the scars sit, and whether the brow is being lifted at the hairline, in the temple or above the brow. If both are proposed, ask why they are being done together rather than in sequence. And ask what would make either operation the wrong one for you; a specific answer is the sign of an assessment rather than a presentation.

Before you commit

No decision needs to be made at the first appointment, and neither operation is required by any calendar. Take the plan away, read it against the guides on this site, and come back with questions. A discount that expires, or pressure to book before an assessment is complete, is information about the clinic rather than about your eyelids.