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Blepharoplasty - eyelid surgery
Eyelid surgery (technically called blepharoplasty) is a procedure to remove bulging fat and skin from the upper and lower eyelids. Eyelid surgery can correct drooping upper lids saggy lower lids and puffiness from around the eyes - features that make you look older and more tired than you feel, and may even interfere with your vision. Most women that present requiring eyelid surgery or blepharoplasty complein that evryone tell them they look tired, even when they feel fine! Eylid surgery won't remove crow's feet or other wrinkles, eliminate dark circles under your eyes, or lift sagging eyebrows. While it can add an upper eyelid crease to Asian eyes, it will not erase evidence of your ethnic or racial heritage. Blepharoplasty can be done alone, but is commonly done in conjunction with other facial surgery procedures such as a facelift or browlift. Often times, you may perceive you need eyelid surgery, when most or all your problem is due to drooping eyebrows. Click on forehead lift for more information. Blepharoplasty can enhance your appearance and your self-confidence, but it won't necessarily change your looks to match your ideal, or cause other people to treat you differently. Before you decide to have surgery, think carefully about your expectations and discuss them with Dr McGovern. The best candidates for eyelid surgery are women who are physically healthy, psychologically stable, and realistic in their expectations. Most are 35 or older, but if droopy, baggy eyelids run in your family, you may decide to have eyelid surgery at a younger age. As people age, the eyelid skin stretches, muscles weaken, and fat accumulates around the eyes, causing 'bags" above and below. A few medical conditions make blepharoplasty more risky. They include some complications of thyroid problems, and dry eye or lack of sufficient tears. High blood pressure or other circulatory disorders, cardiovascular disease and diabetes may also increase your risks slightly. A detached retina or glaucoma is also reason for caution; check with your ophthalmologist before you have surgery. When eyelid surgery is performed by a qualified plastic surgeon, complications are infrequent and usually minor. Nevertheless, there is always a possibility of complications, including infection or a reaction to the anesthesia. You can reduce your risks by closely following Dr McGovern's instructions both before and after surgery. The minor complications that occasionally follow blepharoplasty include double or blurred vision for a few days; temporary swelling at the corner of the eyelids; and a slight asymmetry in healing or scarring. Following surgery, some patients experience difficulty closing their eyes when they sleep until their swelling resolves. I n rare cases this condition may be permanent and need further surgery. Another very rare complication is ectropion, a pulling down of the lower lids. In this case, further surgery may also be required. About 60 people worldwide have lost some vision in one eye, out of millions of blepharoplasty operations done. Most of these were due to bleeding occurring behind the eyeball. Dr McGovern is assiduous in stopping any bleeding. |
