Blepharoplasty

The main indications for eyelid surgery are:

• "Aging eyelid";
• tired look ("heavy eyelids");
• overhang of the skin of the upper eyelid;
• bags under the eyes;
• excess skin of the lower eyelids.

Using blepharoplasty, the following problems can be solved:

• get rid of excess skin and fatty tissue around the eyelids;
• reduce signs of age-related changes;
• to carry out the plastic of the muscles of the periorbital area;
• change the shape and shape of the eyes;
• eliminate congenital and acquired eyelid defects.

There are the following types of blepharoplasty:

• Blepharoplasty of the upper eyelids eliminates overhang. This type of operation is most often performed through a skin incision located along the crease of the upper eyelid. With the help of this incision eliminate excess skin. Most often, together with this operation, the muscles of the upper eyelid and the removal of excess fatty tissue are carried out, although it happens when it is enough to remove only the “extra” skin.
• Blepharoplasty of the lower eyelids helps to get rid of bags under the eyes, edema and hernia. The suture from the operation runs along the ciliary edge of the eyelid (transcutaneous or subciliary blepharoplasty). Also, transconjunctival blepharoplasty can be performed on the lower eyelid when the incision is on the inside of the eyelid. This type of surgery is possible if only redistribution or removal of fatty tissue around the eyes is required, without removing skin flaps. This type of blepharoplasty is relevant for young patients.
• Circular blepharoplasty - simultaneous plastic surgery of the upper and lower eyelids.
• Correction of the Asian eye cut .
• Exophthalmos .
• Cantopexy .

Correction of the Asian eye cut is aimed at creating a Caucasoid fold and removing the epicanthus .

It is also recommended when entropion century.

When performing plasty of the upper eyelids, the plastic surgeon makes incisions in the natural folds that remain invisible. Through these openings, excess fatty hernias are removed or redistributed. The patches of skin are excised.

Exophthalmos - pathological vystoyanie eyeball from the orbit. It is a symptom of pathological processes localized in the orbit, and some common diseases (true exophthalmos.) Sometimes exophthalmos occurs when one-sided pronounced myopia, paralysis of the external muscles of the eye. Elevation of the eyeball can be observed in individuals with congenital asymmetry of the bones of the facial skeleton (the so-called false exafthalm). There is also a natural asymmetry of the eye length, however, for most people the difference does not exceed 0.5 mm and is almost imperceptible; extremely rarely, it reaches 1.5-2 mm.

• Plastic surgery

• McCurdy Jr, JA (2005). "Upper blepharoplasty in the Asian patient: the" double eyelid "operation". Facial plastic surgery clinics of North America 13 (1): 47–64.

• Handbook of blepharoplasty: types, indications, contraindications, photos before and after .