Cosmetic Laser Eye Surgery is helpful when you have droopy upper eye lid and sagging skin below the eye. If your drooping eye lids over hang your eyes obstructing vision and showing others a tired you laser helps correct this over the week end. The Cosmetic Laser Eye Surgery holds a clear advantage over the traditional surgery in swiftness it is completed with and it leaves no scar on your eye lid or skin.

How Do I Know I Can go for Cosmetic Laser Eye Surgery

Deciding this, of course, is the job of your ophthalmologist. He may consider doing a Cosmetic Laser Eye Surgery combined with skin resurfacing. This would have you benefit faster recuperation. He will weigh the options available to him. Ideal patients would be those with simultaneous skin resurfacing having fine wrinkles.

Cosmetic Laser Eye Surgery has a long history. It was demonstrated in 1984 with Co2 laser. Later on Nd: YAG Laser became more popular.

Procedure of Cosmetic Laser Eye Surgery

While performing Cosmetic Laser Eye Surgery you will be given sedatives so that you can relax though local anesthesia is given in some cases. A Jaeger plate is placed over the eye ball as a protection for lower eye lid surgery and a non-reflective metallic plate in case of upper eye lid correction. A clamp is also used for maximum protection. Co2 laser removes skin by up to 150 micro meters. The mechanism of vaporization is that the duration of laser pulse is smaller than the thermal relaxation time of tissues. Nd: YAG Laser with a wavelength of over 1000 nm is repeated in rapid cycles for deeper penetration, coagulate blood vessels and skin. Fat tissues up to 6mm deep will vaporize.

However the lower eye lid is operated up on from the inside. Fat is removed by making small incision and no sutures are necessary.

Pre and post Surgical Care in Cosmetic Laser Eye Surgery

Pre surgical care also implies that the surgeon should protect himself. Special protective glasses for his eye incase of CO2 laser and an appropriate vacuum system to take care of smoke and plume from the laser are necessary. In post surgical scenario, it is just enough to concentrate on wound healing. You can use cold packs as you may need in the first two days. You will also be advised to sleep through the day.

Cosmetic Laser Eye Surgery: Some Complications

Orbital hemorrhage is a major complication that has a possibility to result in blindness. If intra orbital (rim of eye socket) bleeding occurs in fat tissues the pressures lead to hemorrhage. You should suspect hemorrhage if you have acute pain, swelling and onset of blindness.

Immediate corrective actions are reopening and evacuating the clot. Isolate the blood vessels. All said and done, though this is cosmetic nature Cosmetic Laser Eye Surgery can not be performed without due preparation and care.