Eye Lift Surgery - What Do You Know About It?

Patients who become interested in eye lift surgery may be tired of the sagging, drooping skin around their eyes. Heavy skin creases can produce an angry look in some people while in extreme cases, peripheral vision may be impaired.

It's time to consider eye lift surgery. The removal of excess skin from the lower and upper lids will go a long way to restoring a person's youthful look as well as providing a rested and refreshing look.

Who Will Eye Lift Surgery Benefit?

Even people in their twenties often request an eye lift surgery to improve their looks. Many of them have a so-called “puppy dog look”, with the outer eye corner situated lower than the inner corner. These patients usually want almond shaped eyes, like those of Beyonce or Tiger Woods. Individuals of Asian heritage often want their eyes widened.

In mid or late thirties the skin on the eyelids often relaxes and gets thinner. The eyebrow and cheek also descend, causing the eyes to look crowded. As the cheek and eyebrow descend, they pull the outer eye corner down too.

If you want to get some idea if you can benefit from an eye lift surgery, you can do this by looking into the mirror and raising your eyebrows and cheeks about 1 cm.

Some doctors prefer to treat sagging upper lids with a brow lift instead of an eye lift surgery. This is because they think drooping lids are in most cases caused by a sagging brow. Therefore, lids and eyebrows can sometimes be reshaped to look more youthful by lifting the brow. You should discuss to your surgeon in order to determine whether your sagging upper lids can be treated better with a brow lift rather than an eye lift surgery.

The Risks Of Eye Lift Surgery

So what are the risks with eye lift surgery?

Eye lift surgery is generally a safe plastic surgery. Most people weigh up the advantages against the disadvantages so decisions weigh heavily on emotion. For this reason, patients are happy to put up with post surgery discomfort and pain. However, surgery is surgery and there are no guarantees. Be aware of the risks and complications associated with eye lift sugery.

Common eye lift surgery side-effects include slight bruising including the swollen area around the eye which can be tender for several weeks after the procedure. Some patients could suffer from general anesthetic sickness pinkish scars could be visible during the first few weeks afetr the procedure. Blurry vision could also affect some patients.

Eye lift surgery costs have been steadily on the rise during the last few years. What once set you back between $1200-$1400 in 2002 now could cost close to $2000 today. Again, patients who have eye lift surgery will generally make a decision based on emotion and the disadvantages generally pale in comparison compared to the advantages.