More About Cosmetic and Plastic Eye Surgery

Cosmetic eye surgery is a procedure used to remove fat, muscle and excess skin from the area around the eyes to generate a more youthful and refreshed appearance.

 Why Have a Cosmetic Eye Surgery?

You may get loose skin folds on the upper lids and visible wrinkles on the lower eyelids. Cosmetic eye surgery can overcome these problems by removing excess skin, fat or both from the area around your eyes. Baggy eyes are not always the result of aging. Cosmetic eye surgery can also help if loose skin folds from your upper eyelids interfere with your vision. It can remove wrinkles as well, but only those from the skin that is removed during surgery. It won't improve “crow's feet” or dark colored circles under your eyes.

The Cosmetic Eye Surgery Procedure

For surgeries on upper lids, incisions are made into the natural wrinkles of the eyelid and the laughter lines in the eye corner. For surgeries on lower lids, incisions are made right under the eyelashes.

Excess skin, fat and muscle are then removed and fine stitches are used for closing the cut. This procedure is called transconjunctival blepharoplasty.

Eye Lift Plastic Surgery

A simple eyelift plastic surgery to get rid of the first signs of aging can improve your life and your relations with others.

Best Candidates for Plastic Eye Surgery

The best candidates for plastic eye surgery are people who are physically and mentally healthy and share realistic expectations about the outcome. Some conditions can make plastic eye surgery more risky. These conditions include hypothyroidism or Graves' disease, dry eyes, high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes. Plastic Eye Surgery Risks

When plastic eye surgery is performed by an experienced surgeon, further complications are rare and generally minor. You can reduce these risks by obeying the surgeon's recommendations both before and after the surgical procedure.

The Surgery

Plastic eye surgery generally takes one to three hours, depending on how complicated the procedure is. Normally, the surgeon makes the incisions in the creases of the upper eyelids and right below the lashes in the lower eyelids. If you have fat bags under your lower lids but don't need to have any skin removed, the surgeon might perform a transconjunctival blepharoplasty. This procedure involves an incision in your lower lid, without leaving any visible scar. Younger patients with more elastic and thicker skin are the best candidates for this type of plastic eye surgery.

The surgery can be performed using either a local anesthesia, in which the area surrounding the eyes is numb but the patient is awake, or a general anesthesia, where the patient is asleep. For surgeries on upper lids, incisions are made into the natural wrinkles of the eyelid and the laughter lines in the eye corner. For surgeries on lower lids, incisions are made right under the eyelashes.

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Side effects and Complications

Eyelift plastic surgery is a safe procedure, as most plastic surgeries are these days and complications are rare. To avoid complications is absolutely essential a pre-surgery consultation.

Price and Tips

A standard under and upper eyelift procedure will cost around $4,500, but during the consultation, the doctor will begin mentioning other procedures and before you know, the cost has tripled.
Ancillary costs include fees for the anesthesiologist, for the surgical center, X-rays and other lab studies so you make sure your eyelift cost includes everything, not just procedure cost

Are There Any Alternatives to Cosmetic Eye Surgery?

For some patients, wrinkles in the eye area can be improved with laser or chemical treatments or by forehead or brow lift surgery. There are also many products, such as gels, creams and beauty treatments that claim to reduce wrinkles. However, there has been no scientific proof that these treatments can permanently reduce the signs of aging.

A consultation to a cosmetic eye surgeon will help you find out whether a cosmetic eye surgery is a good choice for you and what results you should expect. A doctor should also be able to tell you whether your appearance can be improved by using other treatments instead.