Blepharoplasty or cosmetic eyelid surgery is a surgical procedure that consists of removing aesthetic defects of the eyelids, which tend to make the face look tired or aged. It is performed either on the upper or lower parts of the eyelids or on both parts. Blepharoplasty is one of the areas of predilection of our team of cosmetic surgeons at the Center Clinic in Tunisia. Discover this surgery recommended to remedy the effects of aging and refresh the face in the long term.
Blepharoplasty Aesthetic surgery of the eyelids: generalities and indications
Blepharoplasty aims to correct eyelid dislocations caused by excess skin and muscle or fat protrusions, without affecting the normal functioning of the eyelids. The disgressions that may be involved are the following: heavy and drooping upper eyelids with excess skin forming a fold; sagging and withered lower eyelids with small wrinkles; herniated fat causing bags under the eyes or puffiness above them.
Blepharoplasty is generally indicated in two main cases: sagging skin or fat accumulation. Skin sagging concerns people aged 40 to 45 years old or more and mainly affects the upper eyelids. Fat accumulation may appear earlier, i.e. as early as 20 or 25 years of age, and manifests itself in the form of bags under the eyes.
Blepharoplasty Tunisia: procedure of the operation
Depending on the degree of the procedure (two or four eyelids), blepharoplasty can be performed under local or general anesthesia and can last between half an hour to an hour. Depending on the surgeon and the case to be treated, the operation can be performed by a scarred or a scarless technique. The technique with scars is the one used in case of sagging skin alone or accompanied by fat pockets or hernias.
It proceeds by making an incision at the top and/or bottom of the eyelids to allow the surgeon to remove fat, excess skin and tissue under the skin. This allows the surgeon to keep a small muscle flap in order to then redrape the skin to reduce crow's feet wrinkles.
Blepharoplasty is a painless operation that does not require a very long hospital stay. Indeed, the patient can already resume his daily activities after 48 hours and professional activities after one week. The effect of blepharoplasty is definitive and thus allows a lifelong rejuvenation of the eyes. On a psychological level, it removes the discomfort and complex felt by some people because of the appearance of their eyelids. For more information on blepharoplasty, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are available to answer all your questions and accompany you in Tunisia.
For the upper eyelids, the scar is located on the fold of the eyelid. It is therefore perfectly hidden when the eye is open.
As for the technique without scars, it is practiced only on the lower part (in the case of bags under the eyes without sagging skin). The specialist then chooses the conjunctival route, which allows the fat balls to come out by pressing on the eyes and hides the incision on the inner mucous membrane of the eyelid.
