Achieve More Youthful Eyes Through Blepharoplasty

Your eyes are one of your most distinguishable features. They are also one of the first places on your face that begin to show the signs of age. Crow’s feet when you smile, bags under the eyes and hooded, drooping upper eyelids can make you look older. Eye creams cannot lift the skin or remove fatty deposits around the eyes. For more youthful eyes, blepharoplasty can remove and tighten loose skin and make your eyes look energetic and young again.

The skin around the eyes is delicate, showing the lines and wrinkles from decades of smiling, squinting and frowning. These creases in the skin and the loss of elasticity as you get older create the crow’s feet around your eyes and sagging eyelids. When the skin under the lower eyelid sags, it can create bags under the eyes, making you look tired around the clock. Excess skin and fat on the upper eyelid pulls down the eye, also making you look tired or upset. Blepharoplasty, or eye plastic surgery, can address all these issues with different procedures.

Blepharoplasty is not one procedure, but a group of procedures that can be performed to open the eyes and reduce bags, wrinkles, droopiness and hooded lids. Some options to improve the beauty and youthfulness of the eyes include:

  • Upper eyelid lift
  • Lower eyelid lift, or bag removal
  • Droopy eyelid surgery
  • Double eyelid lift

Blepharoplasty is a specialized form of facial plastic surgery. While many plastic surgeons may offer eyelid surgery to lift and open the eyes, choose a plastic surgeon that specializes in this type of surgery. Consult with a surgeon of oculoplastic surgery to learn more about the benefits of blepharoplasty for younger looking eyes.

Posted on behalf of:
Kami Parsa, M.D.
Oculoplastic Surgery
465 N Roxbury Dr. Suite 1011
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
(310) 777-8880

Combatting Under Eye Bags and Sagging

Bags or sagging under the eyes can have one of the most dramatic effects on your face. Not only does it make you appear older, it can make you look tired and exhausted. There are several factors that cause this effect, so there are also several cosmetic procedures to combat this condition. Treating the cause is the trick to removing these eye bags for a more youthful, energetic appearance.

One of the reasons eye bags occur is the fragile structure of the skin around the eyes. This skin is thinner and tends to lose its elasticity faster than other areas on the face. As collagen wanes and gravity takes hold, this delicate skin can sag, creating bags or dark circles under the eyes. Solutions for sagging skin under the eye include:

  • Dermal fillers. Use on injectable dermal fillers can add volume under the skin and help improve collagen production.
  • Eyelift. Plastic surgery can be performed to lift the skin and tissue surrounding the eye, both on the top and bottom lid.
  • Resurfacing. In some cases, dermal abrasion or chemical peels can help minimize wrinkles and improve elasticity in the skin around the eyes.

Another cause of eye bags is loss of fat in the cheeks. The fat layer under the skin in the upper cheek can dissipate or shift downward, causing eye bags. Dermal fillers can help this in some cases; for more pronounced eye bags or fat loss, cheek implants or a cheek lift can be used to restore a more youthful appearance.

If you have eye bags that have changed the appearance of your face, schedule a consultation with an experienced plastic surgeon. There are surgical and non-surgical options to reduce the appearance of under-eye sagging for a more youthful and energetic look for your face.

Posted on behalf of:
Beverly Hills Center for Plastic & Laser Surgery
120 South Spalding Drive #236
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(310) 288-0641