Eyelid correction (lower)
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A lower eyelid correction is a totally different intervention than an upper eyelid correction. It usually refers to the well-known “puffy bags”, which are caused by excessive fat that can be found around the eyeball in the sockets of the eyes.
Through an incision, right beneath the eyelashes, the skin with the underlying muscle is lifted up and some of the excessive fat can be removed. Through the surgery itself the skin becomes firmer. Skin from the lower eyelid which is too tight can show visible white on the lower part of the iris, as you can see by very aged and relaxed lower eyelids. That of course is not what you want and therefore we will hardly remove any skin in this treatment.
The surgery
Because the removal of fat, even though there will be a local anesthetic, can be painful, I prefer to perform this operation under a short general anesthetic. The surgery time is 30 to 45 minutes.
After the surgery
The same as with the upper eyelids healing will be fast. After 5 days the stitches can be removed, after one week to 10 days the possible bruises have disappeared.
Complications
Dark circles under the eyes. This discoloring can be the result of a very thin skin and a small amount of underlying fatty tissue, whereby the underlying muscle shines through dark. Do you have a dark pigmented skin, then “excessive skin” in the lower eyelid can also cause a discoloration. The treatment of a thin skin is really not possible. In such a case I will advise you to camouflage it with the use of make-up.
