12/16/2025
If the eyes are the window to the soul, then the upper lids are the drapes and the brows are the curtain rod.
The placement of the windows also determines how light hits a room.
So when I look at a face, I look at the peripheral frame (brows, temples, face and neck) and the decor (eyes, lips, nose, skin, volume) separately.
Nicole is an amazing example of how we use framing to our advanced. If you've followed her journey, you know she was born with torticollis, stiffening of her neck muscles, that has caused developmental facial asymmetry.
When she saw me first in consultation two years ago, I recommended a browlift to frame the face and provide a bit more symmetry. Understandably, she was hesitant moving forward with what she felt was a lot of surgery.
So we went forward with a face and necklift, laser and some strategic fat grafting to deal with facial asymmetry.
Later, after healing beautifully, she had bought into the framing concept. A major risk of lifting her brows was accentuation of her upper lid hollowing. So we elected to do a browlift- focusing on lifting the left more than the rigjt- with an upper bleph and fat transfer to the upper lids.
A bit of canvas, a bit of color. All adds up to something really beautiful, don't you think? It's amazing to see her facial shape continue to improve even 19 months after the original surgery. ❤️
