Deformities around the eyes and excess skin make the individual look old and tired. For this reason, the most commonly performed surgeries as rejuvenation surgery are eyelid surgeries.
In addition, excess skin in the upper eyelids negatively affects vision by narrowing the field of vision. Excess fat in the lower eyelids leads to bags under-eyes, causing the individual to look tired and old.
Who can get Blepharoplasty?
Anyone who has aging indications around their eyelids can get this surgery.
How Blepharoplasty is done?
Upper and lower eyelid surgeries are little bit different from each other. Basically, the aim is to eliminate the excess fat and skin in both areas. These excesses are surgically removed with the cuts applied on the lids.
Upper Blepharoplasty
In the upper eyelid surgery, the surgical incision is hidden by making it through the eyelid fold. The surgery takes approximately 30 minutes. Local or general anesthesia is preferred depending on demand. If the surgery is performed under local anesthesia, the patient is discharged on the same day. If performed under general anesthesia, the patient is hospitalized for one night.
Lower Blepharoplasty
There are two approaches to the lower eyelid. In patients who are young and do not have excess skin but have fat herniation in the form of a bag under the eyes, an incision is made through the eyelid. In patients who are older and have excess skin and sagging lower eyelids, an incision is made under the eyelash line. None of these incisions leaves a significant scar under normal conditions. The lower eyelid surgery takes about an hour. It is performed under general anesthesia. The patient is discharged after one day of hospitalization.
Is there scarring after surgery?
Since eyelid area is an area scars heal very well, the scars are not visible from talking distance.
Surgery process
Surgery is done under local or general anesthesia. Surgery time is approximately one hour. If local anesthesia is applied, you can be discharged the same day. If general anesthesia is applied, there is usually one day of hospitalization. Discharge is done the day after. Patients can take a bath on the fourth day after the surgery.
After the surgery
After both surgeries, bruising and edema may occur. Pain is generally not expected. Bruises disappear within ten days. While 80% of the edema resolves within 10 days, 20% resolves increasingly within 6 months. Thin tapes are placed on the incision. It is recommended that these tapes remain for a week. These tapes help edema regress rapidly. The sutures are removed at the end of the first week. Patients can take a bath on the fourth day after the surgery and return to their normal life at the end of the first week.
Lower and upper blepharoplasty can be performed separately or as a single operation.
Routine follow-ups are planned as the first week, first month, third month, sixth month and the first year.
