The eyes and eyelids reflect our facial expressions as well as our mental state, mood and physique.
Droopy eyelids can not only be an aesthetic problem, they hide our facial expressions and make us feel tired and sad even though these are not our true feelings.
In addition, saggy eyelids are sometimes a health problem as they hide part of the vision, and this problem can turn into a major crisis When driving cars or handling certain electrical equipment and machines, which can pose a threat for life, it is no longer surprising that many men and women go to a plastic surgeon to solve the problems of sagging eyelids through the process of eyelid tightening, so blepharoplasty is one of the operations most popular in the world.
Eyelid surgery is usually performed in the same process as facelift, eye surgery and eyebrow lift in a group of operations called facial rejuvenation and rejuvenation operations, and men and women usually start to perform this procedure after the age of thirty.
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Blepharoplasty
Blepharoplasty is a surgical procedure performed to improve the appearance of the eyelids. This surgery can be performed either to beautify and firm the upper eyelids, or to firm the lower eyelids only, or to beautify both eyelids together. This operation can be performed to correct certain functional problems that occur on the eyelid due to its sagging. .
With the Magie Care center, you can restore youth and vitality to the area around the eyes and achieve a beautiful appearance.
Before Blepharoplasty
The Magie Care center team examines the person wishing to undergo eyelid lift surgery, determines the best way to perform the operation and provides you with a set of tips before performing the operation, the most important of which are:
- Stop taking certain medications at least a week before the operation (including warfarin, blood thinners and immunosuppressants).
- Carry out the necessary examinations and analyzes, according to the condition of each.
- Draw the expected picture of the results after the operation impartially.
The steps of the eyelid lift procedure
Anesthesia: Eyelid lift surgery is a major operation that requires general anesthesia, or local anesthesia with sedation with a hypnotic injection. In general, each case has what suits it.
Surgical incision: The doctor makes a very small incision in line with the natural lines of the eyelid, and the length of this incision is often a few millimeters.
Getting rid of puffiness and sagging: The doctor first separates the skin and then removes excess skin and fat from that area.
Closing the surgical incision: The doctor begins to close the surgical incision with very small stitches. The upper eyelid lift operation requires three and up to six stitches. As for the upper and lower eyelid lift, it may not require stitches at all and may need one or even three stitches, depending on the situation.
The entire procedure lasts two to three hours in the operating room. Blepharoplasty is a surgical procedure with high success rates, where the success rate of the eyelid lift operation reaches more than 91%, the results appear within a month of the operation by 80% and continue to improve. improve up to the year, when the results are complete and the eyelids reach their final shape.
Blepharoplasty Risks
All surgeries carry some risk, and the risks of eyelid lift surgery include:
- Usual anesthetic risks.
- Risks of bleeding during or after the operation.
- Sensitivity to sun or bright light.
- Pain that may last after the operation.
- Difficulty healing the wound.
- Unexpected scars.
- infectious risks.
- The risk of dry eye after the operation.
It is normal for you to have difficulty closing your eye and complain that you cannot close it completely, this is normal and will disappear within a few weeks.
