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Blepharoplasty, also known as eye surgery, to remove sagging and hooding skin from around your eyes is meant to last a lifetime. The procedure permanently removes excess skin from around the eyes, giving you a younger, brighter appearance. Unlike other surgeries like a facelift, the eyelid problems being addressed are not relating to gravitational pull, but are more related to hereditary appearance. Once the eyelids are corrected to the desired look, they tend to stay that way.

Some eyelid surgeries can more deeply define the folds of your upper eyelid to give better definition or a more prominent fold. After several years, there are some instances where a retouch may be recommended, if the skin around your eyes re-sags or new wrinkles reappear, but repeating a full-blown blepharoplasty is seldom necessary.

Some sagging and bagging that occurs around the eyes are not due to changes in the eyelids themselves, but the skin around the eyes is being pulled down by other areas of the skin. Gravity from your cheeks may begin to pull on the lower eyelid, or a heavy brow could be pushing down from the above the eye. These issues may be better addressed with a forehead lift, facelift, or cheek augmentation. Verify with Dr. Weil whether an eyelid lift or one of these other procedures is recommended.

After the eyelid surgery, there will be some minor bruising and swelling around the eyes, and you may not realize the full effects of the procedure until several weeks later. The swelling and bruising can be minimized with prescribed post-operative care such as applying ice packs for short periods of time. Dr. Weil will prescribe pain medicine to help you rest and recover after the surgery. To find out more about blepharoplasty recovery times, please contact Dr. Weil today for an initial consultation.