Eyelid Lifting Surgery
This procedure is not medically necessary and it is only performed to improve your appearance. Unfortunately, upper and lower eyelids may sometimes become dangled as part of aging process. The skin of the eyelid becomes saggy, muscles weaken and the fatty pockets become more prominent and appear swollen. This may be a genetic condition in your family. In cosmetic terms, such conditions may affect the aesthetic appearance of the face, causing psychological and social problems.
What Can Eyelid Lifting Treat?
- The sagging skin that creates a fold that affects the vision.
- Fatty deposits show eyelids as swollen.
- Bags under the eyes.
- The lower eyelids dangle, leading to the appearance of white color under the iris.
- Excessive skin and wrinkles under the lower eyelid.
If you are not sure you can do Eyelid Lifting, schedule an appointment with an eye doctor who can evaluate any medical problems related to your eyelids. If you do not have a medical reason for an Eyelid Lifting, you can discuss with your doctor any concerns or expectations that may concern you about the operation.
You may think of Eyelid Lifting if you suffer from sagging skin around the eyes, which is often due to natural aging. It is also possible that the skin may be saggy due to eye sensitivity or edema. If you are interested in Eyelid Lifting for cosmetic reasons, your doctor is likely to advise you to maintain realistic expectations. While cosmetic operations can greatly improve appearance, they do not completely rejuvenate it.
The aging process will continue, and as with any cosmetic procedure , your youthful appearance will not continue due to the procedure for a long time, and you may want to repeat the surgery in the future.
However, according to your health and other factors, the results of the Eyelid Lifting can last up to10 years. Your doctor will also evaluate you in order to know the potential risks of the operation, such as eye dryness, thyroid disease and diabetes.
Smokers are at increased risk of surgical complications because they recover more slowly. So if you are a smoker, your doctor may advise you to stop smoking for at least a few weeks before the procedure.
Potential complications of Eyelid Lifting are inability to close your eyelids completely. This means that the eyes may become abnormally dry. Usually, this condition can be eliminated after a few weeks or months, during this period you will need treatments such as eye drops and moisturizes. Nurses will massage your eyelids after two weeks of removing the stitches, to soften the remaining skin and allow your eyelids to close better.
If the condition continues for more than two or three months, an additional operation may be needed to allow the eye to close completely. There are some potential complications of the Eyelid Lifting such as:
- Infection in the eyelid.
- A marked surgical scar.
- A saggy skin that might remain.
- Removing too much skin.
- Numbness in the eyelids.
As mentioned above, contact your doctor immediately when symptoms such as severe pain occur.
Eyelid Lifting is usually done for cosmetic reasons, but there are some medical reasons that require this procedure. A medical eyelid tightening is performed to remove the skin from the upper eyelid if it is too low, resulting in poor vision during driving or in general. There is another problem, which is the difficulty of wearing glasses or contact lenses because of the loose upper or lower eyelids.
Some medical conditions require Eyelid Lifting such as:
- Inflammation occurs due to excess folds of the skin in the eyelid.
- Pain in the forehead caused by effort to lift the eyelids that became heavy.
If you are not sure you can do Eyelid Lifting, schedule an appointment with an eye doctor who can evaluate any medical problems related to your eyelids. If you do not have a medical reason for an Eyelid Lifting, you can discuss with your doctor any concerns or expectations that may concern you about the operation.
You may think of Eyelid Lifting if you suffer from sagging skin around the eyes, which is often due to natural aging. It is also possible that the skin may be saggy due to eye sensitivity or edema. If you are interested in Eyelid Lifting for cosmetic reasons, your doctor is likely to advise you to maintain realistic expectations. While cosmetic operations can greatly improve appearance, they do not completely rejuvenate it.
The aging process will continue, and as with any cosmetic procedure , your youthful appearance will not continue due to the procedure for a long time, and you may want to repeat the surgery in the future.
However, according to your health and other factors, the results of the Eyelid Lifting can last up to10 years. Your doctor will also evaluate you in order to know the potential risks of the operation, such as eye dryness, thyroid disease and diabetes.
Smokers are at increased risk of surgical complications because they recover more slowly. So if you are a smoker, your doctor may advise you to stop smoking for at least a few weeks before the procedure.
Potential complications of Eyelid Lifting are inability to close your eyelids completely. This means that the eyes may become abnormally dry. Usually, this condition can be eliminated after a few weeks or months, during this period you will need treatments such as eye drops and moisturizes. Nurses will massage your eyelids after two weeks of removing the stitches, to soften the remaining skin and allow your eyelids to close better.
If the condition continues for more than two or three months, an additional operation may be needed to allow the eye to close completely. There are some potential complications of the Eyelid Lifting such as:
- Infection in the eyelid.
- A marked surgical scar.
- A saggy skin that might remain.
- Removing too much skin.
- Numbness in the eyelids.
As mentioned above, contact your doctor immediately when symptoms such as severe pain occur.
Eyelid Lifting is usually done for cosmetic reasons, but there are some medical reasons that require this procedure. A medical eyelid tightening is performed to remove the skin from the upper eyelid if it is too low, resulting in poor vision during driving or in general. There is another problem, which is the difficulty of wearing glasses or contact lenses because of the loose upper or lower eyelids.
Some medical conditions require Eyelid Lifting such as:
- Inflammation occurs due to excess folds of the skin in the eyelid.
- Pain in the forehead caused by effort to lift the eyelids that became heavy.
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Before Eyelid Lifting
You need to ask your doctor if you will do the procedure under local or general anesthesia. If the procedure is performed under local anesthesia, you will remain awake during the operation, but the area around your eyes will be anesthetized by a drug given by a needle. Local anesthesia can be enhanced using analgesics given either orally or intravenously. You may need general anesthesia if the procedure is more complicated or if you are planning to perform another cosmetic procedures at the same time. Before the day of the operation, especially if you are going thorough it under general anesthesia, you may be asked to follow steps such as:
- If your doctor advised you, stop using any medications related to blood transfusions, including painkillers, aspirin and ibuprofen. You will need to stop using these medications two weeks before the operation to reduce the risk of excessive bleeding during the procedure.
- Eat a small meal the night before the operation like soup.
- Do not eat or drink anything after midnight on the night of the operation.
- In the morning of the operation day, essential medicines such as blood pressure medications must be taken with a small sip of water.
- Do not wear any makeup of any kind on the operation day.
- Make sure there is someone to take you home and accompany you after the first hours of the operation.
There is no need to stay for a night in the hospital unless you are planning to do other cosmetic operations.
During Eyelid Lifting
This procedure can be performed on upper eyelids or lower eyelids or both of them at the same time. Incisions are made in the upper and lower eyelids during the operation so as not to leave any obvious scars after surgery. During the operation, incisions are made in the natural folds of the eyelid, in the upper eyelid wrinkles and under the eyelashes or just behind the lower eyelid. In this way, the cracks are not actually noticeable after healing.
During the procedure, the surgeon will make precise marks to determine where you need to remove excess skin and fat. Some muscles also can be removed. Tissues are removed using surgical tools such as surgical shears, wireless cutting devices and sometimes laser. The stitches or glues then are made to the tissue carefully, reshaping the areas around the eyebrows and eyelids. During surgery, your surgeon will determine how much skin, muscle or fat should be removed, based on a preoperative assessment of factors such as the structure of the underlying facial muscles, the facial structure and the symmetry or your eyebrows. Dry eye patients often need to remove less tissue to avoid exposing the eye to more air, which can aggravate the symptoms. The surgeon may also use a CO2 laser to enhance the process by restoring the skin and eliminating any remaining wrinkles in the eyelid and eyebrow area.In cases where the eyebrows are also dangling, a lifting procedure may also be necessary.
After Eyelid Lifting
After the procedure, a topical antibiotic ointment will be used on the operation area. On the first day, you should put cool compresses every hour you are awake, for 10-15 minutes at a time. Ice should reduce swelling. On the second day, pack cold compresses should be used every few hours for10 to 15 minutes at a time. After 48 hours, warm compresses should be placed to increase healing speed.
The eye doctor will advise you about which painkiller to use. Most people need only normal painkillers. Expect mild pain during recovery, but if the pain is severe or you are having vision problems, contact your doctor immediately.
During the healing period, the area of your eyes will be bruised and red, especially during the first few days. It may take a few weeks to recover completely, and during this period no makeup should be used on the eye.
You can wear contact lenses when eyelid swelling get reduced enough, you can carefully place them at any time after surgery.
Stitches used in the process often melt within four to seven days and will not need to be removed. If insoluble stitches are used, the surgeon will remove them after one week of the operation.
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Emma Noah
8 February 2020 - 18:27I would like to get over the bags under my eyes, please help me 🙁
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10 February 2020 - 13:47Hello Emma,
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