subject: You Dont Have To Look Sleepy Anymore [print this page] "Frequently, many surgeons will perform standard eyelid surgery to remove skin and fat when a patient presents complaining of looking sad or aged. But often, the patient still looks tired, even after surgery and the reason for this may be a weak upper eyelid muscle, "our experts note. Drooping eyelids often occur as the eyelid muscle stretches with age, but the problem can be exacerbated by damage to the thin eyelid muscle especially in people with environmental allergies who rub their eyes frequently.
Determination of a lowered eyelid can be made during the office consultation. To do this, our Doctors measure the eyelid in relation to the pupil and then tests the eyelid muscle by instilling some eye drops into one eye. If the eyelid rises with the eye drops, then the patient may be a good candidate for repair of the eyelid muscle. "Patients are amazed when they see the difference that raising the lid can create. Since the eye drops mimic the results of the eyelid raising surgery, they get a good sense of how much more alert they'll look after surgery," comments one of our staff Doctors. If necessary, ptosis (sagging eyelid) repair can be performed together with upper and/or lower eyelid surgery or with other procedures such as a brow lift, face-lift or fat transfer surgery.
The procedure takes about 30 minutes and is comfortably performed in the office operating room with local anesthesia only. For cosmetic eyelid surgery repair, one of our doctors will perform the surgery on the undersurface of the upper eyelid to gain access to the damaged muscle, so there are no visible scars. Discomfort is minimal, sutures naturally dissolve and most patients are back to work in a week.
Considered an expert in facial cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, our staff of Doctors have completed many separate fellowships and extensive training regimens to ensure that they are qualified to offer the most advanced techniques in facial surgery: cosmetic and dermatologic surgery, oculo-facial cosmetic surgery and oculoplastic surgery.
Let us help you to regain a natural and youthful appearance so you can face the world - looking your best! For more information, on expert eyelid plastic surgery and all of their surgical and non-surgical treatments please visit our website (http://www.eyelidplasticsurgerylosangeles.com) or call 1-888-437-9986 to reach our clinics team of patient care experts.
