Also known as blepharoplasty, eyelid surgery improves the appearance of the upper eyelids, lower eyelids, or both.

It gives a rejuvenated appearance to the surrounding area of your eyes, making you look more rested and alert.

The Basics

The eyes play an important role in the beauty of the face. They reflect emotions such as anger, fear, coyness, and happiness. The surgery to improve the aging affects on the lids is called Blepharoplasty. This mainly improves the baggy lids.

The skin around the eyes changes with age. It loses elasticity, becoming loose and redundant; the muscles around the eyes become slack; and excess fat in the pocket above and below the eyes become prominent. Certain sleep patterns can affect the eyes. Genetics and exposure to the sun play important role in the aging of the eyes.. The eyelids are also affected by gravity and muscle pull, such as habitual squinting, allergies, cardiac problems, as well as thyroid and renal disorders can also be responsible for eyelid changes. The various components of the baggy lids can be excess fat, redundant skin and/ or the lax muscles around the eyes, Bags which form at the junction of the lower eyelids and upper part of the cheeks are medically referred to as malar bags. These bags are due to chronic swelling not muscle weakness or excessive fat accumulation and will not be improved by