Blepharoplasty or eyelid surgery
Alepharoplasty or eyelid surgery is for patients who have loose or sagging skin that creates folds, excess fatty deposits that appear as puffiness, droopiness of the upper eyelids and/or fine wrinkles in the lower eyelids — making you look older and tired. Blepharoplasty surgery results will produce a fresher, more youthful look. Some people can look 5 to 7 years younger.
- Everything your need to know about EYELID SURGERY (Blepharoplasty)
What does blepharoplasty do?
- It refreshes and rejuvenates the look by eliminating certain features that contribute to make an individual look older and tired, such as the 'bags' beneath the eyes and the excess skin in the 'drooping' upper eyelids.
- It eliminates lumps generated by the accumulation of fat inside the eyelids.
- It improves the sight by reducing the upper eyelids when they droop too much and interfere with the vision.
- It brightens the look and is often performed together with a temporal face lift.
What does blepharoplasty NOT do?
- It does not eliminate crow's feet.
- It does not eliminate dark circles under the eyes.
- It does not lift the eyebrows nor does it change their shape. If you think your eyebrows are too low or too straight, please read the information on brow lift surgery that we provide.
- The surgery
Anesthesia
- Local anesthesia and complementary sedation.
Surgery length
- One-to-three hours, according to the complexity of the case.
What does blepharoplasty consist of?
The surgeon makes the incisions along the natural folds of the eyelids so that the resulting scars will be disguised. On the upper eyelids, the incision is done along the natural folds and, on the lower eyelids, it is done just below the eyelashes. In some cases, the incisions extend some millimeters beyond the corners of the eyes. Working through these incisions, the surgeon removes the excess fat that accumulates beneath the skin (two lumps in each upper eyelid and three in each lower eyelid). Apart from this, the surgeon trims the excess skin from the bags that give the appearance of 'hanging' eyes. After that, the incisions are closed with very fine sutures.
If you have fat lumps but you do not need to have any excess skin removed, your surgeon may perform a transconjunctival blepharoplasty. In this procedure, the incisions are made inside of the eyelids and they leave no visible scars; however, it is necessary for the skin to be thick, firm and elastic. This procedure is generally recommended for young patients.
If you have fat lumps but you do not need to have any excess skin removed, your surgeon may perform a transconjunctival blepharoplasty. In this procedure, the incisions are made inside of the eyelids and they leave no visible scars; however, it is necessary for the skin to be thick, firm and elastic. This procedure is generally recommended for young patients.
- Hospitalization
- There is no need to be hospitalized; it is done on an outpatient basis.
