Eyelid surgery also called eyelift or blepharoplasty, is a surgical procedure done to improve the appearance of eyelids. Eyes are the most striking feature of the face. They convey the actual emotion and inner vitality but as they are a focal point of the face they can also make one look fatigued, sad or older. The eyelid surgeries are performed on both upper and lower eyelids.
The eyelid skin is the thinnest skin in the body due to constant motion and quality of eye skin, the aging process starts early around the eyes. Moreover, nowadays premature aging occurs due to lack of enough sleep and rest, blue light emission exposure from TV screens, laptops, mobile screens. All these cause tired looking eyes, under eye bags, crow?s feet and dark circles.
Periorbital rejuvenation is the collective term used to give a more relaxed and refreshed look to the eyes by using combination of surgical and non surgical procedures. That includes upper and lower lid blepharoplasties, nano fat transfer, under eye dark circles, anti-wrinkle injection and filler for active and static wrinkles around the eyes.
It is important that a surgeon should understand the 3 dimensional aging process that appears around the eyes and consider you accordingly. After making the initial assessment of aging, photographs are taken before the surgery. Skin markings are done to access the loose (excess) skin tissue.
Blepharoplasty procedure requires removal of excess skin, underlying muscles and fat pads depending on the excess are removed with the help of special (colorado needle cautery). The step is very precise and both over excision and under excision can deteriorate the results.
Depending upon the extent of the surgery, upper lid blepharoplasty to lower lid blepharoplasty, it takes from 1hr to 2 hr.
The eyelid surgery/ blepharoplasty gives immediate refreshed look as eyes are considered the defining feature of the body. Hence, blepharoplasty results in improved appearance of the face.
Eyelid surgery has few complication rates if carried out well by an experienced surgeon in the accredited field. Rare complications include bleeding, bruising, infection, muscle damage. Possible temporary side effects are inability to close eye completely. There can be dryness which can be taken care by initial medication but as the eyelids heal the problem subsides in a few weeks.
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In upper lid, incisions are made in natural eye folds that are not visible with time.
For lower eyelid the trans conjunctival approach is done that removes the excess fatty tissue in the eye-bags, so, there will be no scar in trans conjunctival approach. The excess skin needs to be removed sometimes, when there is more of loose skin in the lower eyelid. The incisions are planned in crease line only that will be hidden and further disappear with time.
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