Blepharoplasty is indicated in patients who present an excess of skin or protrusion of fatty bags that accompany the eyelids. In many occasions the excess of skin of the eyelids is caused by a genetic condition and, in other occasions, it is due to a laxity of the skin due to bad habits (tobacco, lack of sleep and generally overweight).
Generally, most patients often repeat a series of questions about the operation of eyelids:
How long do the results of a blepharoplasty last?
The duration of the results of a blepharoplasty surgery depends a lot on the person, age, skin type, etc., but generally they are very long in time. Age entails a process of sagging and tissue degeneration that, despite the fact that we have an operation, in the future can happen again. Results generally last more than 10 years.
Is the eyelid surgery painful?
Actually in surgery, when done with conscious sedation and local anesthesia, the patient does not perceive pain, it is not painful at the time of surgery and at the post-surgical moment. What is certain is that the patient notices some inflammation and tightness, especially at the level of the incisions and sutures but that improves a lot after two weeks.
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Will there be scars?
The advantage of the eyelid area is that it has a very good healing and any wound made in that area will always heal very well, unless the patient has pathologies of the type of easy keloid formation, but generally At two weeks, when we remove the sutures, only a reddened line remains, which diminishes and dissipates as the weeks and months go by. Three months after the operation, no trace remains.
When can I do my makeup again?
The surgery involves the realization of sutures with which we recommend that until a week goes by it is not right for the patient to put on makeup and when it is done with a concealer of dark circles or with a makeup that is dermatologically tested.
When will I be able to sunbathe?
Any solar light radiation in the area of the wound can cause pigmentation, therefore, we always recommend in the first 3 to 6 months that the patient wear sunglasses and total sun protection, which should also be normally operated or not.
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How long will it take me to return to my usual activity?
Most patients who undergo blepharoplasty return to their usual activity before two weeks depending also on the amount of tissue that we have to remove but initially between one and two weeks almost all patients are already reincorporated into their lives habitual.
