Eyelid Surgery Chennai

Blepharoplasty is the term used to refer to “an operation in which redundant skin, fat or muscle, is removed from the eyelid”.  The eyelid skin may have been altered due to a number of reasons including; the ageing process, sun damage, smoking, infection inflammation or trauma. Although people feel there is something wrong with their eyes, it is often difficult to be specific.   They may complain that their eyes “always look tired”. Or they “have baggy eyes”. The procedure is aimed at reducing the amount of excess skin in the upper eyelid and reducing the bulge and tightening of the skin in the lower eyelid. The surgery is now performed, by combining the 2 functions of the laser.   The “cutting” laser is used to excise the excess skin in the upper eyelid, and the fat from the lower eyelid skin, which also helps to remove fine wrinkles. The advantage of using the laser over the scalpel method, is that there is a lot less bleeding and bruising – this is because the laser seals the blood vessels as it cuts, leading to a clearer operational site for the surgeon, and therefore a quicker operation. The lower eyelid fat can now be removed from the inside the eyelid, thus removing the need for an operational scar under the lower lashes. Laser blepharoplasty (upper or lower lids only) can be performed as a day case, but if both eyelids or combined with full face laser resurfacing, or a facelift, will require 1-2 nights hospital stay.