Eyelid Surgery
If you are thinking about eyelid surgery, timing and candidacy come first. The questions below run from who is a candidate to what to ask a surgeon, so you can work through them at your own pace.
- Judging whether you are a good fit for the procedure
- How safe eyelid surgery is
- What does the surgery involve?
- Asking about a surgeon's plastic surgery training
- Who qualifies for eyelid surgery
- Asking about hospital privileges
- Where and how your eyelid procedure is done
- How your eyes may look over the years
- When blepharoplasty is called for
- Questions for your surgeon about eyelid surgery
- How an eyelid operation is done
- Blepharoplasty explained
Four views of eyelid surgery
A plastic surgery society publishes an overview of eyelid surgery, and a hospital system covers under eye fat transfer, its recovery and side effects for the area below the eyes. A national health service gives a public health view of eyelid surgery, and an ophthalmology academy explains upper eyelid blepharoplasty from the eye doctor's side.
Read at least two of these and note where their framing differs. Then ask your surgeon how sun care and skin health might change your timing, and what your eyes may look like over the years if you wait.
Reading can prepare you, but only an exam can tell you whether eyelid surgery fits your eyes.