Blepharoplasty - eyelid lift

What can I do for my tired looking eyes? As we grow older, the eyelid tissues become stretched and reudundant. This extra skin bunches up and gives the eyes a tired, aged apperance. Sometimes the actual eyelid height begins to fall lower, also giving the apperance of tiredness. Fortunately a simple outpatient surgical procedure is availble to restore the youthful and refreshed look to yur eyes. It is called a blephaoplasty (blef are o plastie) or eyelid lift. The procedure consists of numbing up the eye lid skin and making a half-moon incision the removing that extra skin. If the eyelid level is also low, a small tuck is made in the lifting "tendon" which lies under the skin. The incision is closed with small stitches. The healing time is about one week, to allow minor swelling and bruising to resolve. For the first week, activites are limited to no heavy lifing, bending over and avoiding unclean water such as pools, hot tubs, jacuzzis. General office work, TV and compuer use is OK. The small stitches are removed in 7 to 10 days after which full activites may reusmme. This is a cosmetic procedure and the costs are out of pocket. The exception is if the level of the eyelids are very low and block your vision. Then it would be covered by medical insurance. Here is an example of a before and after blepharoplasy. If you are unhappy with your appearance and have tired, aged, sagging eyelids, then give us a call to set up a consultation at 619-688-2648 or visit our website for more details at www.myneweyes.com or send us an email at myneweyes@hotmail.com