Reasons for the excess eyelid skin

Hernias can appear on the upper and lower eyelids. The reason is weakening of the muscles around the eyes and decrease in tissue elasticity. In fact, this is a bulging of fatty tissue in certain places of the eyelid due to age-related changes. Heredity and the presence of bad habits also matter.

Correction methods

It is possible to tighten the skin of the eyelids using plastic surgery and non-surgical methods. The correction method in each case is selected individually, depending on the condition of the skin around the eyes and the health of the body.

1. Non-surgical eyelid blepharoplasty is considered the most painless and atraumatic correction method. In addition, it has minimum of contraindications and possible complications.

There are two techniques:

Injection. Medicines are injected under the skin to make it smoother and more elastic.
Includes: laser, ultrasound, thermal, thermolifting, electro, etc.

Contraindications:

pregnancy;
malignant neoplasms;
presence of pacemaker;
infectious and autoimmune diseases;
hemophilia;
inflammatory diseases of the skin around the eyes (barley);
diabetes.

After non-surgical blepharoplasty of the lower or upper eyelids, no scars remain. The effect lasts from 1 year (injections) to 7 years (laser procedures).

However, the non-surgical method eliminates only minor defects: shallow wrinkles, small excess fat.

If the problem is more serious or patient is more than 50 years old, it is more advisable to apply plastic surgery.

Plastic surgery. Excess adipose tissue and skin are removed surgically. The incisions are made in the natural folds of the skin so that scars are not visible. In the area of ​​the lower eyelid, it is possible to eliminate hernias through the mucous membrane of the eye, that is, without incisions.

Contraindications:

problems with blood clotting;
taking anticoagulants;
suffered heart attack or stroke;
retinal detachment;
heart problems;
diabetes;
oncological tumors;
AIDS;
systemic diseases;
chronic kidney or liver failure;
menstruation;
the period of pregnancy and lactation.

Non-specific factors, due to which the operation cannot be performed, include:

inflammatory processes of the skin around the eyelids;
Graves' disease;
dry eye syndrome;
deep scars at the temple;
myopia;
conjunctivitis;
blepharospasm or glaucoma.