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Eyelid Surgery - Blepharoplasty

The surgery
Blepharoplasty usually takes one to three hours, depending on the extent of the surgery. If you're having all four eyelids done, the surgeon will probably work on the upper lids first, then the lower ones.

Marking incisions for blepharoplasty
Before surgery, the surgeon marks the
incision sites, following the natural
lines and creases of the upper and
lower eyelids.

In a typical procedure, the surgeon makes incisions following the natural lines of your eyelids; in the creases of your upper lids, and just below the lashes in the lower lids. The incisions may extend into the crow's feet or laugh lines at the outer corners of your eyes. Working through these incisions, the surgeon separates the skin from underlying fatty tissue and muscle, removes excess fat, and often trims sagging skin and muscle. The incisions are then closed with very fine sutures.

Excess fat and skin are removed in blepharoplasty
Underlying fat, along with excess skin
and muscle, can be removed during the
operation.

If you have a pocket of fat beneath your lower eyelids but don't need to have any skin removed, your surgeon may perform a transconjunctival blepharoplasty. In this procedure the incision is made inside your lower eyelid, leaving no visible scar. It is usually performed on younger patients with thicker, more elastic skin.

Transconjunctival blepharoplasty
In a transconjunctival blepharoplasty,
a tiny incision is made inside the lower
eyelid and fat is removed with fine forceps.
No skin is removed, and the incision is
closed with dissolving sutures.

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