Eyelids Surgery
Blepharoplasty

Introduction
Eyelid surgery can remove excess fat and skin from the upper and lower eyelids, features that make you look older. However, it won’t remove crow’s feet or other wrinkles, eliminate dark circles under your eyes, or lift sagging eyebrows.

What are the risks involved?
Complications are infrequent and usually minor. Nevertheless, there is always a possibility of complications, including infection or a reaction to the anesthesia.

The surgery
Eyelid surgery can be performed under local or general anesthesia. The surgeon makes incisions following the natural lines of your eyelids; in the creases if your upper lids, and just below the lashes in the lower lids. The incisions may extent into the crow’s feet or laugh lines at the outer corners of your eyes. Working through these incisions, the surgeon removes excess fat, and often trims sagging skin and muscle. The incisions are then closed with very fine sutures.   

After the surgery
After surgery, your surgeon will instruct you to keep your head elevated for several days, and to use cold compresses to reduce swelling and bruising. Bruising generally lasts two weeks on the average. The stitches will be removed five days after surgery. However, you won’t be able to wear contact lenses for about two weeks.

Finally,
Healing is a gradual process, and your scars will fade to a thin, nearly invisible white line. On the other hand, the positive results of your eyelid surgery – the more alert and youthful look – will last for years.