Upper and lower eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty)

Maintaining attractiveness and fighting aging often become a tedious daily job. Circular blepharoplasty helps to cope with age-related skin changes and correct the shape of the eyelids and the cut of the eyes. Simultaneous upper and lower eyelids correction eliminates many problems in one operation. Before the surgery, a complete body examination is carried out. Then, the plastic surgeon chooses a technique and explains to the patient what changes will follow. Then, with the help of a particular computer program, the patient can see how his face will change. The operation is performed for about two hours under general anesthesia. Such a long duration is because the surgeon must perform a lift of the upper and lower eyelid at the same time. So first, the doctor makes incisions in the natural fold of the upper eyelid (for maximum masking) and 1-3 millimeters below the ciliary edge of the lower eyelids. Then he removes and redistributes "hernias" and excess skin. After that, he sews the skin incisions with cosmetic stitchings. In the first days after blepharoplasty, the patient should only use ophthalmic drops and sleep on his back. This is because swelling of the soft tissues of the eyelid goes away after 5-7 days of the operation.