Oculoplastic
Senior eyelid surgery
Drooping eyelid skin is excised and lax muscle is tightened, improving both the functional problem of blocked vision and a younger, more elastic eye shape.
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Jalboneun Seongmo Eye Clinic senior eyelid surgery
Why? Jalboneun Seongmo Eye Clinic
- Director Kim SA, an oculoplastic specialist from Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, provides ongoing consultation and surgery.
- Drooping eyelid skin is excised and lax muscle is tightened for a younger, more elastic eye shape
- Improvement that puts first the functional problem of the eyelid blocking the visual field
- Improvement of lashes poking the eye, or of the eye becoming sore from sagging skin
- Precise design and procedure, and prevention of excessive change and an unfavorable change in expression
- The forehead muscle is no longer used to open the eyes, so forehead wrinkles decrease
Who? When upper eyelid surgery is needed
- When drooping upper eyelids make the face look older
- When the upper eyelid covers the pupil and blocks the visual field
- When drooping eyelid skin makes the area around the eyes sore
- When drooping eyelid skin makes lashes poke the eye
- When eyelid wrinkle improvement is desired
How? Upper eyelid surgery method
STEP 01The amount of eyelid skin to remove is decided from how much the eyelid droops and the degree of aging, and the double-eyelid line is designed
STEP 02After the double-eyelid line is incised, lax skin and fat are removed
STEP 03The skin is connected to the levator palpebrae superioris and then sutured
STEP 04Finished with a bright, defined, youthful eye shape
Features of upper eyelid surgery
- Improvement of age-related skin laxity
- A natural, open eye shape
- A bright, youthful eye shape
- Make drooping eyes look clearer!
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Procedure time | About 40 minutes |
| Suture removal | 6 days |
| Anesthesia | Local anesthesia |
| Recovery period | 7–10 days |
| Admission | Same-day discharge |
Notes after surgery
- Cold compresses for 7 days after surgery, then warm compresses, can help swelling and bruising subside.
- For 3 days after surgery, sleeping with a high pillow can help swelling go down.
- From the day after surgery, a light walk is helpful for reducing swelling.
- Light water washing of the face is possible from 4 days after surgery; for the first week, avoid rubbing.
- Sauna, jjimjilbang, and swimming pools are best avoided until 2 weeks after surgery.
- After surgery the eye may be temporarily red or vision may look blurred.