Hollow temples are inward curves between the outer brow, forehead and upper cheek. They may reflect natural anatomy, changes over time, weight change or differences between the two sides. At the Oakleigh clinic, Corey Anderson RN compares the temple with nearby facial structure, health history and previous care before explaining suitable choices, material risks, realistic timing and review.
What Should Four Temple Views Help You Understand?
A clear assessment compares the temple from the front, from the side, against the other side and against the change you have noticed over time. Each view answers a different question.
| View | What it shows | Question for Corey |
|---|---|---|
| Front | How the hollow relates to the outer brow, forehead and cheek. | Is the temple the leading feature or part of a wider contour? |
| Side | Depth, projection and the transition into nearby structures. | Which part of the curve is actually catching the light? |
| Both sides | Natural differences in contour, brow height and facial structure. | Which asymmetry is familiar and worth preserving? |
| Change over time | Whether the concern is longstanding, gradual or newly noticed. | What history or previous care belongs in the explanation? |
The four views prepare a more useful conversation than a single close photograph and do not require you to choose a treatment first.
Why Does Temple Planning Need A Layer Aware Assessment?
The temple contains skin, fat compartments, fascia, muscle, vessels, nerves and bone arranged in several layers. Anatomy reviews describe variation in the boundaries and course of important structures, which is why Corey connects any risk discussion to the individual area and proposed pathway.
This page gives the calm overview. The separate temple risks and response guide explains urgent warning signs and review routes in more detail. The evidence supports careful assessment; it does not decide what any individual should choose.
What does Corey compare during a hollow temple assessment?
Corey reviews the depth and shape of the temple hollow, brow position, upper cheek support, skin quality, asymmetry, previous treatment history and any medical factors that could change the risk profile.
He also asks what change the patient has noticed, what outcome they are hoping for and what they want to avoid. The goal is balanced assessment, not simply adding volume to a hollow.
How I Compare A Temple Hollow From The Front And Side
Front And Side Answer Different Questions
Corey Anderson RN: I compare the temple from the front and the side because each view shows a different relationship. From the front, I relate the hollow to the outer brow, the forehead and the upper cheek. From the side, I look at depth and at the transition between those structures. Then I compare the other temple, and any change over time I can actually rely on. A close photograph exaggerates shadow, so if the feature isn’t consistent across views, I keep the explanation provisional rather than assuming a single cause.
I Do Not Treat Asymmetry As A Fault
Corey Anderson RN: Is the difference between your temples longstanding, gradual, or something you’ve only just noticed? Natural anatomy, weight change, brow position, cheek support and previous care can all affect that curve. My aim isn’t to make both sides mathematically identical, and I’ll say so if exact symmetry is what’s being asked for. A new or rapidly developing change without a clear explanation may need medical assessment before a cosmetic discussion. Stable asymmetry can be documented without implying it needs treating.
This Area Leaves Me Little Room For Assumptions
Corey Anderson RN: The temple contains several tissue layers with important vessels and nerves running through them, so I tie the risk discussion to your individual anatomy, health history and previous care rather than to a general list. I also check whether reliable records and a workable review pathway exist. Sudden visual change, severe or increasing pain, rapidly worsening swelling or marked skin colour change after recent care require immediate medical assessment and should not wait for a routine clinic reply. Call 000 if symptoms are serious or life threatening. Where the starting point stays unclear, I may recommend waiting, a records review or referral.
When Does The Wider Face Change The Temple Story?
A temple hollow sits between the brow, forehead, eye area and upper cheek. A front view may show that cheek support or brow position changes the overall contour more than the depth of one hollow, while the side view may show a naturally shallow curve.
Corey can keep the temple as the main concern while explaining those relationships. If another area or a broader facial assessment would answer the question better, that becomes part of a coordinated plan rather than a reason to dismiss what you noticed.
What Should A Clear Temple Plan Contain?
You should leave able to describe what Corey saw from the front, side and opposite temple, what appears to have changed over time and which nearby relationships matter. You should also understand any uncertainty that remains.
If a suitable option is discussed, the plan should cover material risks, realistic limits, alternatives, total cost, timing, aftercare and review access. When assessment and informed consent support care, appropriate planning can proceed; you can also take more time or bring back missing information.
If another step would make the decision clearer, Corey can discuss more information, adjusted timing, another clinical review or a different coordinated pathway while keeping the temple concern documented.
What if you have had treatment elsewhere?
Previous treatment can change timing, tissue behaviour, risk discussion and whether records review is needed before any new plan is considered. If you have had treatment elsewhere, bring approximate dates, clinic details if known and any information you still have.
A prior treatment history does not automatically block care, but it can change what the safest next step looks like.
How Can You Verify The Oakleigh Temple Consultation?
Core Aesthetics is at 12A Atherton Road, Oakleigh VIC 3166. Phone 0491 706 705. Consultations are led by Corey Anderson RN, Ahpra registration NMW0001047575.
Use the clinic verification page and independent Ahpra public register to match the practitioner name and profession. Check the pricing page and your practical ability to return for review before booking.
This guide was reviewed in full on 5 September 2026 against current TGA and Ahpra guidance and the listed temporal anatomy sources. It remains general information, not personal medical advice, a diagnosis or a treatment recommendation.
Choose The Next Temple Page By Your Question
- Temple assessment: what to expect explains the appointment sequence.
- Temple risks and what to do owns warning signs, urgent action and review routes.
- Cheek volume consultation is useful when upper cheek support leads the concern.
- How informed consent works explains questions, alternatives and decision time.
This Melbourne page remains the commercial owner for a hollow temple consultation; the linked guides answer narrower preparation, risk and neighbouring area questions.
What Can This Hollow Temple Guide Do For You?
This guide can help you describe the hollow, compare four useful views and prepare questions about nearby facial structure. It can also show which page owns assessment preparation, risk response and cheek related context.
Personal advice still requires Corey to assess your anatomy, health, medicines, previous care, priorities, risks and consent needs. New severe pain, vision change, skin colour change or rapid swelling belongs with the urgent pathway described in the dedicated temple risk guide.
Frequently asked questions
What causes hollow temples?
Hollow temples may reflect natural bone and soft-tissue anatomy, facial ageing, weight change, asymmetry or changes involving nearby brow and cheek support. A photograph or one angle cannot identify the leading contributor, so Corey compares both sides, different views, health history and change over time during consultation.
What can Corey clarify during a hollow temple consultation?
Corey can clarify whether the hollow is mainly natural structure, a change over time, asymmetry or part of a wider brow and cheek relationship. He then explains suitable choices, material risks, realistic limits, timing and review in the context of your health and priorities.
Why can the temple not be assessed in isolation?
Temple hollowing can overlap with brow position, upper cheek support, facial asymmetry, skin quality, weight change and the broader upper face. Front, side, opposite side and time based views can point to different contributors, so assessing one close image in isolation may oversimplify both the cause and the useful next step.
What useful next step should the appointment provide?
Corey explains the material risks, likely limits, alternatives, aftercare and review access that apply to temple hollowing, upper face balance and nearby support. Consent remains voluntary, with time to ask questions and decide at your own pace.
What if I have had treatment elsewhere?
Bring approximate dates, clinic details if known, any records or photographs you still have, current medicines, allergies and relevant medical history. Previous care can change tissue feel, timing, uncertainty and the risk discussion. Corey may recommend records review, waiting or another assessment before any new plan is considered.
Why does temple planning require a layer aware assessment?
The temple contains several tissue layers with important vessels, nerves, muscle and fascia. Corey links the assessment and consent discussion to the individual anatomy and suitable pathway, while the dedicated temple risk guide explains warning signs and review routes.
What will a clear temple plan include?
A clear plan records the front, side and opposite temple observations, change over time, nearby brow and cheek relationships, suitable choices, risks, limits, timing and review. It also records any question or information that still needs attention.
What should I bring to a temple consultation?
Bring a current medicine and supplement list, allergies, relevant medical history, previous cosmetic care details if known and photographs only when they help show a genuine change over time. Also note any recent procedures, symptoms, travel or event timing that could affect assessment or follow up.
Is this for you?
Consider booking a consultation if
- Adults concerned about temple hollowing, upper face shadowing or facial balance change
- People who want temple, brow and cheek relationship assessed before a plan is discussed
- Adults who value conservative planning and want clear choices without pressure to decide on the day
- Patients who want risk, consent and alternatives explained before deciding
This may not be for you if
- People seeking a fixed treatment decision before assessment
- People wanting treatment without discussion of risk, consent or alternatives
- People with severe pain, vision symptoms, skin colour change or another urgent concern
- People whose medical context, timing or expectations make elective cosmetic treatment unsuitable
- People who are pregnant or trying to conceive and seeking elective cosmetic treatment
Suitability is confirmed at consultation. This list is general guidance, not a substitute for clinical assessment.
Clinical references
- Ahpra guidelines for registered health practitioners who perform non surgical cosmetic procedures
- Ahpra guidelines for advertising higher risk non surgical cosmetic procedures
- Ahpra guidelines for advertising a regulated health service
- TGA advertising health services involving therapeutic goods
- Temple Volumization: A Review of Anatomy and Optimal Injection Techniques
- Anatomy of the temporal region
- Temporal hollowing causes, classifications, and treatment options: A systematic review