Lower Eyelid Lift Is For Patients With Prominent Fat Bags Of The Lower Eyelids
When a cosmetic surgeon performs a lower blepharoplasty, patients are offered a gentle intravenous sedation from their anesthetist. This surgery is capable, however, of being comfortably performed with only the use of a local anesthetic. For any patient who has fat bags under their lower eyelids that are prominent and only have a small amount of excess skin or muscle, the blepharoplasty can be performed with no external sutures. Instead, an incision will be placed on the inner side of the lower eyelid and extra fat will be carefully removed. There are no sutures required for this approach, and patients are asked to use a topical eye drop for a week after to aid in the healing process.