Eyelid Procedures - Blefaroplasty

The skin of the eyelid is the thinner skin of the face and the first to show the effects of aging.

With time skin bends in the superior part of the upper eyelid and bags underneath the eyes. This gives a fatigue aspect that, in many occasions, does not correspond with the reality.

Why the intervention?

Blepharoplasty or Procedures of eyelids is an intervention that eliminates the excesses of skin or fat in the eyelids that give to the glance and, therefore the person, a tired or sad aspect.

The first consultation

In Xetica Argentina the first consultation is free of charge and is always a doctor who makes it, analyzing the conditions of the patient and the best way to correct the defect.

Techniques

The cutaneous excess of the superior eyelid is resected by an incision that, when it is closed, is hidden in the superior palpebral fold, being able by the same approach to retire the "fatty bags" that are below the skin.

For blepharoplasty of the inferior eyelid an incision in the line of eyelashes is made to resect the excess of skin and fat bags.

Other technique, that is used whenever it is possible, is the "transconjunctival" technique by means of an incision through the conjunctiva that does not leave visible scars.

Anesthesia

Blepharoplasty is made habitually in ambulatory regime, that is to say, without hospitalization. The anesthesia usually is local, under totally relaxed and insensible sedation, in which the patient is wide-awake during the intervention, but without any pain.

The local anesthesia with sedation is used of increasing form since she is less harmful, anywhere in the world safer and much more provides a comfortable recovery for the patient than general anesthesia.

Duration of the operation

The intervention time is about one to two hours, varying slightly regarding the type correction to make.

Recovery

The recovery is very fast and the postoperative one as a whole is tolerated easily, since the annoyances caused by the intervention are not important.

Most of patients can make its normal tasks after two or three days. Even so, the surgeon will recommend not making activities that require physical effort during the first week after the operation. Also, is not advisable to have sun exposure in the first postoperative month. The stitches are retired around the fourth or fifth day after the Procedures.

What about the scars?

The scar in the lower eyelid is placed the line of the eyelashes, practically imperceptible, if it is acceded by conjunctival approach does not left any scar. In the superior eyelid the incision is hidden in the fold when opening the eye.

Any side effects?

This intervention does not present/display almost any probability of side effects, since the eye is not affected. Therefore, the vision is altered not even in the following days to the intervention. In the postoperative period hematoma and bruising can appear as long as a dryness sensation that disappears in a few days.

Results

The results of the operation are immediately evident, as much the excess of skin as of fat they are eliminated completely, that is to say, no longer returns to the tired and sad look previous to the operation.

Post Op Follow up

In our organization the strictest norms of quality are followed, that go beyond the intervention. For that reason detailed postoperative controls are made, so the patient feels safe and accompanied. There are a number of consultations, to check that the process follows the natural course.

The first postoperative consultation usually is made on the following day and in her the first cure takes upon maturity. As of that day, the recovery process is followed in detail and the definitive discharge does not occur until a year after the intervention.

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Last Update: 12/05/2008