Blepharoplasty (eye lid correction)

HISTORY

When the skin around the eyes loses its elasticity, the eyelids become different, and that usually happens in the middle ages. There is skin excess, bags and sagging skin, and eyes look more tired and older. Skin excess sometimes passes the eye lids and fat tissue deforms the lids and sometimes causes swelling on the lids. Aesthetic surgery of eye lids - blepharoplasty returns the fresh look to the eyes and to the whole face. After the operation, eyes look bigger and their beauty is more expressive.

METHODS

The operation removes skin excess from the upper lid and wrinkles from the lower, and fat skin too. The operation lasts one hour or two, depending on how the operation is performed. We do cut on the upper lid, of about 10mm beyond the border, and on the lower lid next to the eyelash. Blepharoplasty can be performed in combination with some other treatments, for example, in combination of face lifting. Aesthetic operation of eyelids we can combine with other aesthetic treatments, such as aesthetic nose correction, breast augmentation.

ANESTHESIA

Blepharoplasty is performed with intravenous anesthesia, which means that the patient is asleep during the procedure and does not feel any pain. Before the operation the patient is in the hospital in order to prepare. The operation lasts one hour and after that the patient relaxes. After the operation, the patient can go home.

RECOVERY

Postoperative treatment is individual after the operation and it lasts about seven days. The files are removed seven days after the operation and ten days after the operation.