How you age depends on a variety of factors including how well you care for yourself in your 20s, your genes and medical history. Sometimes, age catches up to your face in a way that was out of your control. Surgery, like Glenview Eyelid Surgery, does offer solutions that often have semi-permanent results.
Here are three eyelid surgery facts to consider.
What is Eyelid Surgery?
Patients who undergo eyelid surgery do so to bring youth and life back to their face. This surgery targets sagging skin around the eyes, fatty deposits that cause puffiness and drooping lids under and over the eyes. It can also treat bags under the eyes and excess wrinkles. Also known as blepharoplasty, the surgery has proven to bring confidence back to the patient by seemingly lifting years from their eyes as well as their face.
Who Qualifies for this Surgery?
Surgery is always a risk. Medical professionals, therefore, assess each patient before agreeing to perform the surgery. A medical professional wants to ensure their patient will not experience a medical complication during the procedure due to poor health. Strokes and heart issues can occur. Smokers do not qualify. Neither do those with severe medical eye conditions. A surgeon assesses how well you are likely to heal post-surgery. Those who cannot heal in a timely manner run the risk of complication during recovery.
A surgeon also wants to ensure every patient has realistic expectations. Any surgery can be damaging for a patient who has unrealistic expectations, so mental stability is a must.
Assessment
As the surgeon consults with a potential patient, he is assessing the person’s facial structure. If it is deemed that a different treatment will deliver better results, he will make those recommendations.
For more information, call Glenview Eyelid Surgery Adam J. Cohen, MD.
