Eyelid correction (upper)
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Lately, the knowledge that you can easily have something done, for example, to an eyelid, has increased tremendously. Which patients request this surgery? People, who would love to look better or look more rested, or those people who have a tired feeling all the time because there is the feeling of pressure on their eyes.
Patients who come to me for an eyelid correction are usually a little bit older, around the age of 45. This has something to do with the fact that when you get older the facial skin becomes weaker and tawny. It can also be because fat accumulates around the eye in the sockets of the eye, like in the case of the lower eyelid. An eyelid correction can then give relief.
The surgery
The operation takes 30 to 45 minutes. Patients can go home the same day, but I advise them to have someone else drive. The anesthesia is local: I inject an anesthetic above the eyelid, the eye itself I do not anesthetize, because the surgery is done with the eyes closed. The patient lays on the table as relaxed as possible.
I disinfect the area of the eye and mark the eyelid with a small pen where the excessive skin needs to be removed. Quite often I also remove a little bit of the underlying muscle, which is flat and wide around the eye. Sometimes I even remove some of the fat underneath this muscle, when we see the so-called bulging, of which I spoke earlier. When I am finished I suture the skin with a nylon suture which will be removed after 5 days
Complications
When capillaries are not well cauterized large bruises can result, especially in people with high blood pressure or in people who use blood thinners. In the worst scenario this can lead to a bleeding in the eye socket, but luckily I myself have never experienced this.
After the surgery
It is important that you rest at home. If you are unlucky, your eyes can be bruised the first week. But that will disappear after one to one and a half weeks. It could be that the eyes are slightly irritated, because, at the end of the surgery small steri- strips are placed on the eyelids. My advice will be to apply cold compresses to the eyes at home. It is important to prevent an increase in blood pressure. Therefore you are not permitted to bend over or push anything.
Risks in removal of too much skin
In the case of the lower eyelid this potential danger does exist, but the skin of the upper eyelid can easily adjust itself and stretches easily, so this risk is almost non existent.
If you have an office job I advise you to stay home for 3 a 4 days. If you have a representative position, you have to count on 10 days at home. After that time you can also wear make-up again.
Final outcome
In the beginning the scars can be a little bit red, but will heal quite well. At the end there will always be a thin light line visible on the eyelid when the eyes are closed, but this little line will be well hidden in the crease of the eyelid.
