Asian Eyelid Surgery Before & After Photos

Asian Eyelid Surgery Before & After Case 1

One month after Asian blepharoplasty.

This gentleman desired a more open and inviting contour of his eyes.

We achieved this with an upper eyelid lift done in the office, which is a nice option to avoid everything involved with general anesthesia – the risks, costs, and time.

A fair amount of the scheduled time for the procedure is spent on the markings, making sure they are as symmetric as possible to a sub-millimeter level.

Careful suturing of the skin to the levator muscle helps create a dynamic, natural appearance.

Asian Eyelid Surgery Before & After Case 2

This patient complained of eyelids that felt heavy and tired.

After a thorough discussion of the pros and cons, we decided together on a blepharoplasty with excision of a moderate amount of skin and fat.

We can perform this procedure under general anesthesia in the operating room, or with only local anesthesia in the office.

Under local anesthesia only, we had a lovely time getting to know her further, and we had the chance to review the marks in sub-millimeter detail, confirm the initial appearance after placement of key sutures, and then make any adjustments as desired before the final layer of sutures.

Patients usually take at least a few days off of work, return for suture removal at 1 week, and then return at 1 month to clear for all activities including exercise and travel.

Asian Eyelid Surgery Before & After Case 3

Heavy, hooded upper eyelids can affect vision, directly blocking ones view.

Unrecognized by most, the eyelids then make the forehead work harder to raise the eyebrows to pull the eyelid skin up out of the way.

This can lead to accelerated forehead aging, and tension and frontal headaches.

A blepharoplasty can help reduce that upper lid excess skin that accumulates over time. This usually helps people feel and look more refreshed.

The deep lower lid eye bags can be improved at the same time. Usually this is done with a fat repositioning, with further camouflage with fat grafting to the upper cheeks.

Skin excision or tightening of the lower lid can be done with peels/lasers +/- skin excision, though with an increased risk of ectropion, which must be discussed at length ahead of time.

Asian Eyelid Surgery Before & After Case 4

1 month after removal of excess skin and fat from the upper eyelids.

The primary goal was to remove visual obstruction from the hanging bulk.

This procedure (upper blepharoplasty) helps to reduce tension on the forehead and eyebrows, as the constant effort of the frontalis muscle holding up that eyelid skin can finally relax.

Often people don’t realize how much tension they carry in their forehead, which can lead to migraines, other types of headaches, and fatigue.