Due to thin, delicate skin, our eyes and eyelids often show signs of aging before other parts of our face. As we grow older, the skin around our eyes begins to wrinkle, crease, and droop, which can lead to a tired, worn-out appearance.
Vantage Eye Centers throughout the Monterey & Salinas area offer a number of cosmetic facial enhancement treatments from one of the best oculoplastic surgeons in Arizona. With eyelid surgery, our oculofacial plastic surgeons can help you attain your goals with beautiful, natural-looking results.
Benefits of Blepharoplasty
Eyelid surgery, also known as blepharoplasty, is a cosmetic enhancement procedure that can rejuvenate the areas around your eyes and address a number of common aesthetic issues.
Benefits of eyelid surgery include:
- Reduction of puffiness and bagginess under the eyes
- Reduction of wrinkles and fine lines surrounding the eyes
- Removal of excess skin above the upper eyelids that may be causing obstructed vision
The Eyelid Surgery Procedure
Eyelid surgery can be performed in the upper and/or lower eyelid areas, depending on your ultimate goals.
Upper Eyelid Surgery
Blepharoplasty:
Over time, many people develop excess skin, muscle, and fatty tissue in the upper eyelids. This results in blockage of a portion of the visual field, causing people to raise their eyebrows in an effort to lift the heavy tissues off the eyelids and improve their vision. This can lead to feelings of “heavy” or “tired” eyes, and strain in the forehead. Upper lid blepharoplasty is a surgical procedure that removes excess upper eyelid tissues, providing the patient relief from the “heavy” or “tired” feeling and improving the visual field. Most patients enjoy the more youthful appearance created by the upper eyelid surgery.
Ptosis:
Drooping upper eyelid muscles (ptosis) leads to loss of visual field, and a “heavy” or “tired” feeling. Ptosis repair is relatively simple and quick.
Lower Eyelid Surgery
Lower Eyelid Blepharoplasty:
Many people dislike the “bags,” “puffiness,” and dark circles in the lower eyelids that develop during the aging process. Vantage Eye Center offers procedures to improve these issues. Lower eyelid surgery (or lower eyelid blepharoplasty) is a procedure that helps to improve the appearance of “bags” and dark circles in the lower eyelids. This improvement is achieved by a combination of different techniques that involve the removing and repositioning of fat. Skin in the lower eyelid can also be resurfaced with a laser at the time of lower eyelid blepharoplasty to help improve the appearance of fine lines wrinkles. Lower eyelid blepharoplasty can also be performed with upper eyelid blepharoplasty to help rejuvenate the appearance of the entire aesthetic unit around the eyes.