Sofwave is cleared in the US to lift the eyebrow, and a brow that has dropped is one of the first things it is used for: the lift opens the eye area and softens the heavy look above the eyes. The smaller Precise applicator reaches the skin around the eyes, the mouth and the chin; the brow page covers the lift on its own. The brow takes about 15 minutes of treatment, and it is priced as an area from £799 at Sofwave Clinic, 8 Devonshire Place, with the price in writing at a free consultation.
What it does
The Lift applicator heats the dermis, the living layer of the skin, of the forehead and brow about 1.5 mm below the surface to 60 to 70 degrees for a few seconds per pulse, with the surface cooled, so the skin contracts and builds collagen over three months. The brow sits higher as the skin above it tightens. The Precise applicator does the same for the crepey skin and fine lines at the outer corner of the eye and below it.
The honest size of the lift
In the study behind the clearance, 80 patients were treated twice, a few weeks apart: the brow rose by an average of 0.69 mm along its length and 0.78 mm at its highest point, blinded reviewers picked the after photograph correctly in 79% of cases, the treating physicians rated 80% as improved and 55% of patients reported improvement. A 2026 study of 42 patients found the eyebrow raised in 29%. That is a natural change, visible as a more open eye area rather than a surgical brow lift, and the clinician shows you at the consultation what it would mean for your face.
What it does not do
As the brow lifts, a mildly hooded upper eyelid opens with it; a heavy fold of skin resting on the lashes is more than Sofwave lifts, and under-eye bags that are a fat pad, or dark circles, need a different plan, which the clinician sets out at the free consultation. There is no US clearance for the eyelids, crow's feet or the under-eye area as such, and no published study of the Precise applicator on its own; what we treat around the eyes is lax, crepey skin and fine lines, and the clinician says plainly at the free consultation what to expect.
The session and the result
Numbing cream for 45 to 60 minutes, then about 15 minutes for the brow, longer with the eye area. Redness for one to three hours, mild swelling up to a day. Then straight back to your day. An early change at one to two weeks, the result building to three months, when we take the after photograph, and holding for around a year in our experience. One session for most people; the clearance study used two, and the clinician says at the consultation whether a second at six to twelve weeks would help you. The sessions page explains.
Price
From £799 for the brow as an area, combined at a lower rate with the neck or the lower face, in writing at your free consultation, price match on any comparable written quote, 0% finance available. The prices page shows how a quote is built.
Book a free consultation
Call Sofwave Clinic on 0207 099 9640 or use the form below. The clinician lifts the skin at your brow and tells you what Sofwave will do for it. The full Sofwave guide covers the rest of the face.
