Eyelids and skin below the eye sag and droop with the passing of time. Of course it is an aging process that sure leaves you look more aged and tired than actually are. Fat accumulation and oxidation take toll on your skin and thanks to fatigue! You have drooping eyes. Laser Eyelid Surgery helps rectify this efficiently and quickly.

Laser Eyelid Surgery or laser blepharoplasty as it is called, efficiently removes fat pouches, wrinkles and excess skin from around your eye socket. The Laser Eyelid Surgery can be planned independently or it can be tugged along with skin resurfacing or eye brow lifting et cetera. Still at the consultation stage, clearly understand what to expect from this, procedure of Laser Eyelid Surgery and recovery period and your surgeon can show you some photos of his previous Laser Eyelid Surgery to give a picture of what possibly will be the out come.

Laser Eyelid Surgery: Procedure

Laser Eyelid Surgery is done with a local anesthesia. Sufficient protection is given to eyeballs before exposing to laser. The drooping skin on upper eyelid is cut off and shrunk in place with little or no bleeding. Fat that might be present will be removed and sealed off with dissolving sutures or tissue glue. As for the lower eyelids the case is handled from inside the eyelid in Laser Eyelid Surgery. A small incision is made inside the eyelid to remove fat. It does not take stitches to seal the cut and scars will not be visible on the surface.

Advantages of choosing Laser Eyelid Surgery

Laser has a quality to seal blood vessels even as it cuts through your skin. This means little or no bleeding for you. From a surgeon's point of view this enhances visualization during surgery. Since chances of scars or swellings are remote recovery is also quick. Some insurers cover Laser Eyelid Surgery if the droop on the eyelid affected vision.

Laser Eyelid Surgery: Immediate Aftermath

After the surgery, ask some one drive you home. You may need to use cold pack for a couple of days till pain or irritation subside. Medication is generally not necessary unless your eyes feel sticky and mildly discomfort. Tylenol is enough to care of this by keeping eyes moist. Following the surgeon's advice only benefits you and Laser Eyelid Surgery.