What is a Eyelid Surgery (Blepharoplasty)?

The Blepharoplasty is a plastic surgery that helps to improve the appareance of patient's face. This procedure removes excess of fat, skin and muscle from the upper and lower eyelids.

This is an ambulatory surgery and does not require hospitalization. In most cases, this surgery is done to correct drooping upper lids and puffy bags below the eyes, because this condition make you look older and more tired than you feel, and may even interfere with your vision

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What is the Blepharoplasty for?

The Blepharoplasty or Eyelid Surgery could be a good option for you in any of these cases:

• When many people usually ask if you are tired.
• If you want to look younger.
• If your eyelids don't let you see properly.
• When it is difficult for you to open your eyes widely.

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What kind of people can be operated?

In most cases, the patients who are operated are men or women around 35 years old. However, there are some cases in which is necessary to operate younger people, specially when there are some problems with the vision caused by eyelid.

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What kind of lab exams should be practiced before?

It is important that your Plastic Surgeon ask you for lab exams like:

• Coagulation Times: Cto analyse the tolerance to blooding.
• Sugar Levels: to analyze the healing possibilities and prevent infection problems.

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Recommendations to avoid any problem

The Blepharoplasty, like any other plastic surgery, could have some risks. Something important to take in mind to avoid problems:

• Verify that your Plastic Surgeon is a member of Colombian Plastic Surgery Society
• Follow carefully all the recommendations given by your plastic surgeon.
• Make sure that the procedure is practiced in a hospital completely equipped, not in the doctor's office.
• Ask your Plastic Surgeon to show photographies of the result of previous surgeries done by him/her.

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What kind of technology is required for this procedure?

The technology required for the Eyelid Plastic Surgery has to be very precise, because there is a very little space in the eyes area and any mistake could become a very serious problem.

There is a special method called Transconjuntival Blepharoplasty. With this method is possible to make the incisions inside the eyelid. That way it is sure that the scars are going to be hidden.

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How long can take this procedure?

The Blepharoplasty or Eyelid Plastic Surgery can take from one to two hours, according to every case, for example, if the operation will be performed over the upper, lower or both eyelid.

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What kind of Anesthesia requires the Blepharoplasty?

The kind of anesthesia used in the surgery, could vary according to the specific case. The most commonly used options for anesthesia are:

• Local Anesthesia with sedation.
• General Anestesia General.

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What kind of Health Professionals require this Surgery?

In order to perform this Plastic Surgery it is necessary the intervention of the following health professionales:

• Anesthesiologist.
• Surgical Instrumentation Assistant.
• Main plastic surgeon.
• Assistant Plastic Surgeon.

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How is the Recovery Time?

The Blepharoplasty is an ambulatory surgery. It does not require hospitalization. In most cases, the surgery point can be removed after just four or five days after the procedure.

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