Blepharoplasty – When You Want To Improve Both Your Eye Vision And Overall Look! | Kosmoderma

Overview

Blepharoplasty (also referred to as an eyelift or eyelid surgery) aims to improve the appearance of the eyelids. It helps to reduce extra skin in the upper eyelids and reduce bagginess in the lower eyelids. Well, aging causes the eyelids to stretch while weakening the supporting muscles. This causes excess fat and skin to accumulate over and above the eyelids. Hence, the upper lids become droopy, the eyebrows start sagging, and bags appear under the eyes.

Now, the sagging skin can impair your side or peripheral vision, which is treatable via Blepharoplasty. As a result, you can have younger-looking eyes while your vision improves. Also, eyelid surgery can be performed on your upper eyelids, lower eyelids, or both.

Remember, Blepharoplasty does not treat crow’s feet, dark circles under your eyes, or facial wrinkles. So, along with eyelid surgery, you may want to consider other facial surgery procedures, including brow lifts and laser resurfacing, to improve your dark circles.

How to Prepare for Blepharoplasty?

As part of your preparation for an eyelift, your ophthalmologist will advise you to:

• Undergo a series of lab tests and a detailed medical evaluation
• Refrain from smoking
• Start consuming certain medicines or stop taking some current drugs
• Avoid multivitamins, blood thinners, aspirin, and anti-inflammatory drugs because they can raise your risk of bleeding.

You may need somebody to drive you back home after the surgical procedure and stay by your side overnight, so ensure to make the necessary adjustments.

All About the Blepharoplasty Procedure

Going by your goals and surgeon’s recommendations, Blepharoplasty can entail your upper eyelids, lower eyelids, or both:

• Upper Blepharoplasty:

  Upper Blepharoplasty involves making incisions around the natural crease of the upper eyelid. These cuts are not visible when your eyes are open. After the surgeon removes the excess fat and skin, the incisions are closed.

• Lower Blepharoplasty:

  When it comes to lower Blepharoplasty, your surgeon makes incisions beneath your lower eyelash line. This incision allows the removal of excess fat from the lower eyelid. It may also include using a transconjunctival incision, which is an incision hidden inside the lower eyelid, for both extra fat removal and the treatment of lower eyelid problems.

The Blepharoplasty Recovery Phase

Following the eyelid surgery, your condition will be monitored for a few hours before you can go home. Also, when you are in the recovery room after the procedure, your doctor will put ointment in the eyes to keep them moist and apply cold compresses over them for a sense of relief. The ointment can cause you to have blurred vision and become sensitive to light. Moreover, your eyes tend to become dry and watery.

You may be advised to apply ice packs and sleep with your head in an elevated position to keep you comforted the first night after the procedure.

Besides that, your upper lids will have stitches that stay for a week before being removed. On the other hand, the lower eyelids do not require stitches if incisions are made on the inner part of your lids. However, you may experience swelling in both your upper eyelids and lower eyelids.

Note, you can neither attend office nor engage in physical exertion for some days after the procedure, facilitating the healing process.

The Dos and Don’ts After the Blepharoplasty Procedure

As seen earlier, it is normal to have watery eyes, blurred vision, double vision, light sensitivity, puffy eyelids, and swelling around the eyes after the surgical procedure. So, here’s a complete list of dos and don’ts after eyelid surgery for your timely recovery.

Dos:

• The day after the surgery, you should apply ice packs to your eyes a few times during the day. Thereafter, you should use ice packs on the eyes for about 10 minutes every hour during nighttime.
• Use ointments or eye drops as prescribed by your surgeon
• Your head should be raised higher than your chest when you are sleeping for some days
• Use cool compresses to alleviate swelling
• Protect the area around your eyelids by wearing dark sunglasses
• Take painkillers for pain relief

Don’ts:

• Avoid strenuous exercises for a week, which means no aerobics, jogging, swimming, or heavy lifting
• Do not smoke
• Restrict yourself from rubbing your eyes
• Use contact lenses for 12 to 14 days
• Do not consume herbal supplements, ibuprofen, aspirin, and other drugs that can cause bleeding
• Visit your surgeon to get your stitches removed as instructed
• Consult your doctor if you have chest pain, vision problems, bleeding, shortness of breath, abnormal heart rate, vision issues, and other medical complications.

Book Your Blepharoplasty Appointment with Kosmoderma Clinic Today!

So, you have bags under the eyes and want to get Blepharoplasty. You must talk to Kosmoderma’s certified experts to learn about the risks and benefits of this procedure beforehand. You, with eyelid surgery, may also want to consider additional procedures (such as laser treatments, face lifts, or brow lifts to improve your overall appearance. More importantly, you must make sure to discuss your goals and expectations with your doctor beforehand. In addition to that, follow all the given instructions by your provider to play it safe.

FAQs

1. Is Blepharoplasty Painful?

Eyelid surgery is not as painful as other surgical procedures. Certainly, you will feel some amount of discomfort on the day of surgery, although that settles down soon.

2. What is the ideal age to undergo Blepharoplasty?

Eyelid surgery is possible for anybody over the age of 18 years. Nonetheless, the best age to have blepharoplasty is 30 years or older. Well, studies indicate that most people who opt for an eyelift are 40 years or above.

3. What to expect before Blepharoplasty?

Eyelid surgery is an outpatient procedure. Your surgeon will administer drugs via injections or IV for your comfort and to help you relax.