We’ve heard the saying; the eyes are the windows to the soul. Making sure they retain their best appearance is important to many people. Dr. Farias performs Blepharoplasty procedures to rejuvenate the eyes, remove excess skin, muscle and sometimes fat from the upper or lower eyelids, resulting in a refreshed, more youthful look.
Upper Blepharoplasty, or an eyelid lift, is a surgical procedure that removes the excess skin and some of the fat around the upper eyelids. As we age, skin of the upper eyelid becomes thinner and redundant. This excess skin, along with fat behind the muscle that allows you to close your eyes (called the orbicularis oculi), begins to shift forward creating fullness and drooping” of the skin over the crease. This gives the eyes a heavy and tired look. Upper Blepharoplasty can restore the definition around the eye.
Lower Blepharoplasty, which some people commonly call eye bag removal, focuses on reverse aging of the lower eyelids. For many, aging causes wrinkles in the skin of the lower eyelids that can extend out into “crow’s feet.” These occur from overuse of the eye muscles used to squint and smile. Fat from any of three compartments of fat that all people have inside of the orbit underneath the eyeball can also begin to push forward from the weight of the eyeball overtime. When this happens, shadows can develop underneath these “bags” of fat creating the appearance of dark circles which make people look tired. Lower Blepharoplasty can make the undereye smoother.
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