Eyelid surgery ( or Blepharoplasty ) takes care of the appearance of drooping ( ptosis ) eyelids due to skin ( dermatochalasis ) or fat ( bags under the eyes ) excess or both.
REASONS FOR EYELIDS IMPERFECTIONS
Bags under the eyes, sagging and excessive skin, fine wrinkles, puffiness of the eyes, could be a sign of aging, due to massive weight loss, genetics. The problem could affect upper and lower eyelids or just one of the two. Usually these problems are associated with drooping of the external third of the eyebrow.
HOW EYELID SURGERY ( BLEPHAROPLASTY ) IS DONE
Eyelid surgery ( or Blepharoplasty ) consists in removing the extra, sagging, skin, the fatty bags or in repositioning this fat . The surgery requires local anesthesia with conscious sedation.
Ambulatory surgery or day-surgery (day hospital without an overnight stay in the clinic)