If you are a candidate, upper and/or lower eyelid lift (blepharoplasty) can take 20 years or so of aging off of your face, says facial plastic surgeon Dr. Myra Danish.
“My ophthalmologist colleagues always say that the eyes are the windows to the soul. I have to agree. When people are talking to you, they are always looking at your eyes and ‘reading’ them. If you have droopy hooded upper eyelids or puffy bags and crepey skin in your lower lids, it can give the impression that you are tired or older than you are,” she says.
An upper and lower blepharoplasty takes less than 90 minutes. It may be done with mild sedation and a local anesthetic.
“Generally, I remove the excess skin and the puffiness. Recovery is about a week with some bruising and swelling, but little discomfort,” Dr. Danish explains. “Once you heal you will look rejuvenated and natural, not like you’ve had surgery.
“Both men and women have great results with this surgery and most wish that they had done it earlier. Unlike a facelift that you need to repeat as you age, typically, patients require only one round of upper and lower eyelid lifts to last a lifetime.”