Facial Rejuvenation - Eyelids

EYELID LIFT:
Blepharoplasty (blef row PLAS ty)

Enhancing your appearance with eyelid surgery

Cosmetic eyelid surgery improves the appearance of the upper eyelids, lower eyelids, or both, and gives a rejuvenated appearance to the surrounding area of your eyes, making you look more rested and alert.

Specifically, eyelid procedures are ideal for getting rid of a tired appearance caused by:

• Loose or sagging skin that creates folds or disturbs the natural contour of the upper eyelid, sometimes impairing vision
• Excess fatty deposits that appear as puffiness in the middle part of the upper eyelids
• Bags under the eyes
• Droopiness of the lower eyelids, showing white below the iris (colored portion of the eye)
• Excess skin and fine wrinkles of the lower eyelid

PROCEDURE:
At Alexander Cosmetic Surgery, the Eyelid Lift is one of the procedures we perform on an almost daily basis. It is one of the most predictable procedures patients can undergo, causes little to no pain, requires little down time, and rarely leads to problems.

I have found that most patients are pretty satisfied with how they look, they’re just not happy with the changes of age. Patients don’t want to look different, or changed, just fresher and younger. Most just want to turn back the clock several years. Many patients comment that they look older than they feel, but are wary of cosmetic eyelid surgery, especially if they've seen poor outcomes in others. We often hear, “I don’t want to look funny, or surprised.”

We have all seen celebrities, friends, or people on the street with an overdone, surprised surgical look. You will be relieved to know that this “look” can easily be avoided, and does not happen accidentally. This unnatural look is usually caused by a couple of avoidable issues.

First, when patients receive a consultation for heavy upper eyelid skin, plastic surgeons too often recommend, and perform, brow lifts in conjunction with upper eyelid surgery because a brow lift is also successful in removing unwanted eyelid skin. However, this can frequently result in a brow that is too elevated and unnatural. This procedure can artificially create a rounded, hollow look to the orbital area actually making a patient look older.

Second, some surgeons perform a procedure which disconnects the attachments of the lateral eyelid and repositions it higher creating a turned up, or “cat’s eye,” appearance. Unless the patient already has a very droopy lower eyelid, this procedure will usually lead to an unnatural, pulled appearance.

In our practice we have found that a completely natural result can be obtained by avoiding brow lifts except when obviously necessary and by simply tailoring away the extra fold of eyelid skin without changing anything else around the eye. Well done Eyelid Lifts should be undetectable and completely natural.

Procedures often performed in conjunction with a Eyelid surgery to rejuvenate the face are QuickLift™, Brow Lift, (occasionally!) to correct a sagging or deeply furrowed brow, and Chemical or Laser peels to smooth sun-damaged skin.


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