Summary of Eyelid Surgery
- Duration of procedure: 30-45mins
- Duration of hospital stay: One hour
- Need of follow-up: Once or twice
- Stitch removal: No, Dissolvable Sutures are used
Upper Eyelid Surgery in Bangalore
Any one or combination of the following conditions may indicate that you may be need eyelid surgery
* Excess skin obscuring the natural fold of the upper eyelids
* Loose skin hanging down from the upper eyelids, perhaps impairing vision
* A puffy appearance to the upper eyelids, making the eyes look tired
* Excess skin and fine, “crepe paper type” wrinkles of the lower eyelids
* Bags and dark circles under the eyes
* Lower eyelid droopiness
Normally, aesthetic eyelid surgery tackles these concerns, though supplementary treatments might be needed. If upper eyelid issues coincide with sagging eyebrows, a forehead lift could be recommended. Crow’s feet can be smoothed out with options like Botox®, chemical peels, or laser resurfacing. Dark circles under the eyes caused by pigmentation can be addressed using fillers such as Hyaluronic Acid or fat, in combination with bleaching solutions or chemical peels.
Double Eyelid Surgery (Asian Blepharoplasty)
Double eyelid surgery is the most popular of all facial plastic surgery procedures performed on patients of Asian descent in the Orient and West.
Upper eyelid surgery in Bangalore is a procedure tailored to establish or enhance the upper eyelid crease, resulting in larger-looking eyes and a more open appearance. While Asian eyelid structures share similarities with Caucasian lids, their unique alignments, lengths, and thicknesses contribute to distinct features like the epicanthal fold and crease.
Eyelid surgery is widely considered one of the most intricate plastic procedures, with patient satisfaction often lower than expected due to its complexity. Successful outcomes heavily rely on the surgeon’s expertise, as challenges such as asymmetry, scarring, misaligned eyelashes, excess skin, hollowing, unnatural appearances, and loss of eyelid crease can arise. This underscores the critical role of skilled practitioners in achieving satisfactory results.
Surgical Methods
Among many different techniques, wide undermining the lid skin and aggressive removal muscle technique deliver most attractive result
- Requires incision
- Leave scar
- Healing and recovery takes longer
- Revision surgery may be difficult occasionally
- Requires skill from surgeon
- Deliver permanent result
- Good for thick skin
- Good for fatty eye
- Able to prevent puffy crease
- Less fold failure rate
Shape and Size of the Fold
Taper
For those seeking a typical Asian appearance with a highly natural-looking fold, upper eyelid surgery in Bangalore offers an ideal solution. This style, favored by around 50% of patients, is particularly popular among younger individuals. It typically features a smaller crease, often measuring less than 6mm, and can be achieved using non-cutting techniques.
Parallel
Somewhat larger than tapered crease and resemble Caucasian fold. It is somewhat larger than tapered look and also 50% natural crease belong to this style.
Medial Epicanthoplasty
Epicanthal fold is sometimes called as a Mongolian fold and it is small web like skin covers the inner corner of the eye. Removing this fold is called medial epicanthoplasty and it enlarges the eyes in horizontal direction. 10 to 15 % of the eyelid surgery requires this procedure. This procedure is recommended to someone’s horizontal length of the eye is less then 2.5 cm and if the size belong to between 2.5- 2.7cm then occasional recommended. Anyone whose eye is larger than 2.7cnm then usually this procedure is not necessary. For general information Caucasian eye size is somewhat 3cm in length.
There are numerous techniques such as V-Y advancement, W plasty, Z plasty, and modified Z plasty V-W plasty but due to high incidence of the scarring I recommend
This technique gives least chance of scar formation but every epicanthoplasty need to be performed with very careful consideration. Contura is one of the best Upper Eyelid Surgery in Bangalore