Upper eyelid blepharoplasty – one of the most popular aesthetic surgeries, that is performed to rejuvenate eye area and accentuate patients eyes. Skin around eyes tends to age faster than the rest of face, and eyelid skin often sags, forming wrinkles and adding agedness to one’s face considerably. Cosmetic surgery is an efficient way to reverse such changes and make the patient look fresher and younger.
A thorough examination takes place, as the surgeon looks into reasons of aesthetic defect, evluates nature and scope of intervention and excludes any contraindications. If eyelid is deformed by simple skin sagging, it can be fixed by a minimally invasive procedure – an incision is made in eyelid fold and excessive skin is removed. After natural regeneration takes its place, the scar happens to be located inside a fold and is not visible.
If a case has complicated nature, like sagging is caused by brow lowering or presence of excess fat deposits in the eyelid, the surgery is usually compound – involving eyebrow lift, lower eyelid blepharoplasty and other manipulations.
Final results can be clearly seen within one to two months after surgery, as regenerative processes come to a completion and swelling is gone. As eyelid sagging is removed, face returns to its younger look and eyes are accentuated.
Blepharoplasty can also resolve certain cases of aponeurotic and congenital eyelid ptosis. Such procedure involves resction of eyelid muscle or removal of its aponeurosis.
