Upper and lower eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty) is one of the most frequent procedures in aesthetic surgery. The motives for the surgery are usually sagged and slacked eyelid skin and wrinkles around the eyes. Women undergo this procedure more often than men.
The procedure does not require stay in hospital. It is performed under a local anaesthetic. The excess skin and bags are excised and so are the fatty bags, so called prolapses placed around the eye and causing deformations of the eyelids that do not look very nice.
The correction of both upper and lower eyelid can be performed during one surgery.
Recovering after the eyelid surgery lies in applying of cooling dressings on eyelids.
The stitches are removed in 4 to 6 days depending on the clinic. Vigorous activities are possible 2 weeks after the surgery. Swelling and bruising may last for 2 to 3 weeks and then it gradually disappears.
We recommend wearing sunglasses for 2 weeks to protect the sensitive treated eyelids from sharp light or sunlight.