Eyelid Surgery in Houston
Your eyes are your most expressive facial feature. Your eyes tell the world when you are happy or sad, angry or tired. However, extra skin and fat around your eyes can also make you look older, more tired, and even angrier than you really are. An eyelid lift surgery, or blepharoplasty, corrects this problem by removing excess skin and fat from both the upper and lower eyelids. As one of the most commonly performed plastic surgeries at Eisemann Plastic Surgery Center, eyelid lifts in Houston are often combined with other procedures such as facelifts and Botox. The result of an eyelid lift in Houston is a more pleasingly youthful and rejuvenated appearance.
The upper eyelid lift is achieved by first creating a slim incision inside the natural crease of the eyelid. The incision extends just past the outer edge of the eye into the natural laugh lines, making the tiny incision line practically invisible after surgery. Once the incision has been made, Dr. Eisemann will carefully remove the excess fat and skin from the upper eyelid, and then close the delicate incision.
The lower eyelid lift in Houston is designed to eliminate puffiness and bulging fat under the eyes. For patients who have an excess of fat and skin under their eyes, the incision for the lower eyelid lift is made just below the eyelash line, where the resulting line will be nearly undetectable. Once the incision has been made, Dr. Eisemann will remove any excess fat from the lower eyelid. He may also reposition some of this fat to the upper cheek, using it to fill in deep indentations beneath the eye. After removing or relocating the extra fat under the lower eyelid, the surgeon will trim away any excess skin and then close the incision with exceptionally fine sutures. For patients who do not have an excess of skin under their eyes, the surgeon may remove extra fat through an incision on the inside of the lower eyelid.
Eyelid lift surgery at Eisemann Plastic Surgery Center is performed under general anesthesia or I.V. sedation, and usually takes one to two hours. As it is an outpatient procedure, patients of eyelid lifts in Houston will return to the comfort of home that same day. Most patients can return to work one week after an eyelid lift in Houston, although some may choose to wait up to two weeks.
Directly after an eyelid lift surgery, Dr. Eisemann will recommend that the patient keep their head elevated and use cold compresses regularly to diminish post-operative bruising and swelling. Sutures will need to be removed by the doctor on the fourth or fifth day after an eyelid lift, and patients can expect most swelling to subside after one week. Some bruising may last for up to two weeks, but this can be easily hidden with make-up once the swelling is gone.
The results of an eyelid lift in Houston at Eisemann Plastic Surgery Center will be dramatically apparent after the first two weeks. Patients will continue to see improvement in the eyes as the scars soften and mature over the next several months.
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