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Eyelid surgery ( blepharoplasty) is a procedure to remove fat, usually along with excess skin and muscle from the upper and lower eyelids. Eyelid surgery can correct drooping upper lids and puffy bags below your eyes, features that make you look older and more tired than you feel and may even interfere with your vision. However, it will not 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.

The eyes being "the windows of the soul" are one of the most important facial features. While many patients concentrate on excess eyelid skin, eyelid opening, eyelid position and angulation of the lateral portion of the eyelid are all a part in our preoperative planning. Lower eyelid fullness can often be relieved with behind the eyelid fat removal. Dark circles involving the lower eyelids are improved with elevation of the midface or with the use of soft facial implants, customized to fill in the furrows.

The best candidates for eyelid surgery are men and 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.

A few medical conditions make blepharoplasty more risky. They include thyroid problems such as hypothyroidism and Graves' disease, dry eye or lack of sufficient tears, high blood pressure or other circulatory disorders, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. A detached retina or glaucoma is also reason for caution. Check with your ophthalmologist before you have surgery.

Blepharoplasty usually takes one to three hours, depending on the extent of the surgery. If you are having all four eyelids done, Dr. Fisher will probably work on the upper lids first, then the lower ones.

In a typical procedure, Dr. Fisher makes incisions following the natural lines of your eyelids; in the creases of your upper lids and just below the lashes in the lower lids. The incisions may extend into the crow's feet or laugh lines at the outer corners of your eyes. Working through these incisions, Dr. Fisher separates the skin from underlying fatty tissue and muscle, removes excess fat and often trims sagging skin and muscle. The incisions are then closed with very fine sutures.

If you have a pocket of fat beneath your lower eyelids, but do not need to have any skin removed, Dr. Fisher may perform a transconjunctival blepharoplasty. In this procedure the incision is made inside your lower eyelid, leaving no visible scar. It is usually performed on younger patients with thicker, more elastic skin.

Blepharoplasty can be done alone, or in conjunction with other facial surgery procedures such as a facelift or browlift.


Eyelid and Lower Lid Surgery Before and After Photos - Procedures performed by Dr. Fisher


Before
Prominent Forehead Muscles and Lines 		Forehead Lift with
Resection of Forehead and Brow Muscles
Upper Eyelid Lift
After
Muscle Resection Eliminates Lines
 



Before		 Classical Angulation of the Eyebrow is Achieved with the Open Forehead Lift.

After



Before
Overhanging Eyelid Hooding
  		Tightening of the Upper Eyelid Position Reveals the Inner Beauty of the Eyes.
After
Upper Eyelid Tightening Raises the Eyelid Position

 
 
 

Before
Dark Circles Near the Eyelid Nasal Area 		Treatment of Dark Cirlces of the
Lower Eyelids
After
The Lower Eyelids Appear Softer
 



Before
Dark Areas are Present 		Hidden behind the inside of the
Lower Eyelid
External Incisions can be avoided.
After
Lower Eyelids appear Lighter



Before
Dark Circles Extend into the Cheek Areas 		Fat is moved to fill in areas of contour irregularities.
After
Smoothing of the Eyelid Cheek Contours
 
 

Before		 Deepening of the Upper Eyelid Fold.
After



Before		 Removal of Both Skin and Muscle
Refreshes the
Upper Eyelid.
After



Before		 Tightening of the Lower Corner of the Eyelid is Also Achieved.
After



Before		 Upper Eyelid Surgery with Lower Eyelid Tightening and Cheek Implants
After



Before		 Wider, Brighter Upper Eyelids with Smoother Lower Eyelids and Cheek Contour Correction.
After



Before		 Eyelid Angulation is Accomplished with Eyelid Corner Tightening
After




Before		 Deepening of Upper Eyelid Fold
with
Nasal Hump Reduction.
After



Before		 Correction of Asymmetry of
Upper Eyelid Folds.
After



Before		 Elevation of the Position of the
Upper Eyelids.
After



Before		 Correction of the Lack of
Upper Eyelid Folds.
After



Before		 Tightening of the Upper Eyelid with
Angulation of the Lower Eyelid.
After



Before		 Customized
Removal of Excess Skin
Muscle and Fat
with Eyelid Tightening
After


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