Surgery

Before blepharoplasty (eyelid lifting surgery) or brow lift surgery, an exact drawing is made as a basic principle on the eyelid skin or the upper brow margin, outlining the redundant skin and giving an important indication during surgery on where to remove skin, muscle and fatty tissue and where the finishing suture should be applied.

The operation can be performed under low sedation (local anaesthesia) or general anaesthesia. An anaesthetist will clarify any questions you may have about respective surgery-specific risks of anaesthesia.    

The incision with the laser is made along the natural skin fold of the upper lid and eventually underneath the eyelashes of the lower lid. Smile wrinkles and crow’s feet also demand 5-10mm long incisions on the sides of the outer corners of the eye, which are positioned in natural cleavage lines, so that the scars later on are as inconspicuous as possible.

Surgeries performed due to relaxation of the eyelid demand a partial removal of the redundant eyelid skin and the subjacent tissue to tighten the eyelid.

It may be necessary for surgeries performed due to defective position of the eyelid to remove scars, connective tissue and eyelid muscles and to redistribute tissue. In rare cases, tissue of other body parts can be transferred to the eye area.

After the operation the wound margins are sutured with small stitches and the area of surgery is treated with a germicidal ointment.