With the effect of aging and gravity, the skin naturally sags. For these reasons, symptoms such as bagging on the eyelids, loosening of the skin, discoloration, laxity and wrinkles occur.
Factors such as exposure to sunlight, air pollution, irregular sleep, excessive smoking and alcohol use accelerate the aging process of the skin. The lower or upper eyelids affected by these procedures gain the desired appearance with blepharoplasty surgery.
What is blepharoplasty?
Eyelid aesthetic surgery, which is called blepharoplasty in the medical language, is an application applied to the lower and upper eyelids, where the tissues around the eyes are stretched and the sagging skin and excess muscle tissue are removed. Blepharoplasty is performed by an oculoplastic surgeon ophthalmologist
With the effect of aging and gravity, the skin naturally sags. For these reasons, symptoms such as bagging on the eyelids, loosening of the skin, discoloration, laxity and wrinkles occur. Factors such as exposure to sunlight, air pollution, irregular sleep, excessive smoking and alcohol use accelerate the aging process of the skin. The lower or upper eyelids affected by these procedures gain the desired appearance with blepharoplasty surgery.
Eyelid Aging Symptoms
Human skin has an elastic structure, but its elasticity gradually decreases with age. As a result of the loss of elasticity in the facial skin, excess skin first occurs on the eyelids. For this reason, the signs of aging first appear on the eyelids and cause the person to look tired, dull and older than they are.
Some changes that occur in the upper and lower eyelids with aging:
Bagging and discoloration under the eyes Eyelid drooping, Wrinkling and sagging of the eyelid skin, Crow’s feet lines
Tired facial expression, people who want to have blepharoplasty surgery can have blepharoplasty on either the upper eyelid or the lower eyelid or both, depending on the need.
Blepharoplasty is usually performed in conjunction with brow lift, forehead lift, and endoscopic midface surgery.
How is eyelid aesthetic surgery performed?
Upper eyelid aesthetics or lower eyelid surgery briefly involves the removal of excess skin and muscle tissue in the area.
An incision is made on the eyelid fold line so that no scars are visible. The result will be more aesthetic when applied together with forehead stretching and eyebrow lifting operations.
Lower eyelid aesthetics, ie lower blepharoplasty, is performed for lower eyelid problems such as under-eye bags and under-eye wrinkles. The lower eyelid is corrected with an incision made 1.5 mm below the eyelashes. Depending on the type of deformation, fat bags are removed, herniation points are tightened, the skin in front of the bagging is stretched, or the tissues in the area where the bagging occurs are spread towards the upper part of the cheek. . The incision is sutured from the lash line area so that there are no scars.
How long does the surgery usually take?
The upper eyelid procedure takes about 30 minutes.
Eyelids are anatomically more complex than other aesthetic and functional areas of the face, so the operation requires meticulous planning and surgical technique.
The surgical procedure on the lower eyelids takes an average of 1-1.5 hours; The most important factor affecting the duration of the operation is whether another facial procedure will be performed other than blepharoplasty.
