With advancing age sagging occurs in the eyebrows, upper and lower eyelids. In addition to these, bagging occurs with the increase in the volume of fat tissues in the lower eyelids. This situation creates a visual impairment and also prevents the person from seeing well.
Blepharoplasty (Eyelid surgery) is an operation to remove excess skin and adipose tissue from the upper and lower eyelids, which gives the face a tired and old look.
An incision is made in accordance with the natural opening and closing of the upper eyelid and the excess skin is removed.
On the lower eyelid, the excess skin and adipose tissue are removed with an incision made just below the eyelashes. These procedures are performed under local anesthesia and intravenous sedation. According to the patient’s complaint, only the upper or lower eyelids or both the upper and lower eyelids can be treated at the same time. The process takes about 1 – 1.5 hours.
Blepharoplasty operation can be applied to you if you have sagging and excess skin due to muscle weakness in your upper eyelid, or if you have bagging and excess skin on your lower eyelid.
After the blepharoplasty procedure, you can go home the same day. Your stitches are removed 5-7 days after the operation. You can return to your normal life after 3 days. In about 6-7 months, the incision marks on your eyelids become unnoticeable.
You can start using your contact lenses 2 weeks after the blepharoplasty procedure.
Incisions for the upper eyelid are made about 2 mm above the eyelashes. On the lower eyelid, incisions are made just below the eyelashes. Therefore, a bad appearance does not occur.
After the blepharoplasty procedure, the incisions do not leave any scars. Therefore, a noticeable bad appearance does not occur
The applied incision (transconjunctival) is suitable for patients with fat bags on the eyelids but without excess skin. For this reason, the technique to be used is determined after the first inspection.
The pain that many patients feel in their eyelids is quite mild, and few need pain relief treatments. Therefore, it is possible to say that it is not an intensely painful procedure.
