Eyelid Surgery: Change your eyes to be beautifully sharp, striking, and gleaming
Upper Eyelid Surgery is not designed to make your eyes bigger, but also can solve other eye problems, e.g. monolids, uneven eyelids, Myasthenia Gravis, Epicanthal fold, and drooping eyelids. IOn Clinic can design an incredible new pair of eyelids for you with our “Perfect Eyes” Surgery.
Problems That Can Be Solved By Upper Eyelid Surgery
Monolids
People with monolids are more Chinese-like. The upper eyelid skin droops lower than others. There is no eye crease which makes the eye look small and unlively. In some cases, people have hidden double eyelids as the age arises and the skin droops down even lower. The upper eyelid surgery is a solution to create a clear crease on the lids and make your eyes more lively in the most natural way.
Uneven Eyelids
This happens when one side of your eyelid doesn’t have a clear crease, making the skin droopy while the other side seems to have many layers of creases or is seen as a hollow eye. Some patients have this problem since birth, but some get it after their previous eyelid surgery. When the age increases, some patients’ eyes tend to become uneven due to Myasthenia Gravis. Upper Eyelid Surgery helps adjust the openness of the eye muscles. In some cases, patients need to get an Xanthelasma, a hollow-eye and eyelid adjustment to make their two eyes even, naturally.
Myasthenia Gravis
Myasthenia Gravis is an eye weakness disease in which the muscles at eyelids are not fully functional. It might happen to both eyes or just one which affects the lesser sight. The eyelid skin droops down until it covers the pupil and disturbs one’s visual perception. This surgery procedure can adjust the weak eye muscles according to the severity of the disease. To solve this problem, the surgeon will lift up the eye muscles to widen your eyes and create new balanced eyelids.
Epicanthal Fold, Small Eyes
The epicanthal fold covers the lower eyelids which make the eyes look small and short. For patients with small eye shapes, an epicanthal fold will make your eyes look even smaller. Epicanthal fold surgery together with upper eyelid surgery can help enhance the look of patients with crooked eyes or large double eyelids. As not everyone has the epicanthal fold, this type of surgery is not required for every patient.
Droopy eyelids (Excessive Fat)
People with this type of problem have hidden double eyelids since the eyelids consist of too much fat, causing uneven swollen eyes. When they open their eyes, the double eyelids are not completely shown. The surgeon will remove the excessive fat and skin, stitch the open slit to create double eyelids, and hide the wound inside that crease of the eyes.
Ptosis
When you age more, the double eyelids you used to have become droopy and keep lying lower until they finally blind your pupils. Some may suffer from it just a little. Meanwhile, this is a major issue to some people’s visual perception, they cannot open their eyes wide awake or even if they can, theirs remain uneven, heavy, and require an all-the-time eye widening. Upper eyelid surgery is a solution to fix this problem.
Our surgeon specialists will design you new beautiful eyelids
Upper Eyelid Surgery is specially designed based on your eye shape and your new designed shape. The surgeon will evaluate your eyelid condition as well as its thickness, muscular strength, and finally design and operate the surgeries for each individual.
Stitches Approach
This approach is appropriate for those with thin, non-sagging, less fat eyelids. The surgeon will stitch the surgical suture as dots on the skin to create an eyelid crease. The number of dots depends on individual eyelid appearance. This technique will leave no slit mark and less swelling, easy-to-recover wounds. Due to this technique, it’s difficult to tell if one’s having the double eyelid procedure done.
1-cm Slit Approach
For those who do not have much excess fat and eyelid skin to be removed, the surgeon will create a one-centimeter slit at the center of the eyelid to define a new eyelid crease and remove some fat excess. After that, the surgeon will finish it up by closing the wound with his/her advanced technique that guarantees you a neat, waterproof stitch.
Long Incision Approach
Long Incision Approach is perfect for patients who have uneven eyelids or excessive fat around the eye areas. The surgeon will define a new eye crease and gently remove the fat, stitch the slit with his/her advanced technique that guarantees you a neat, permanent, waterproof stitch that is even hard to notice.
Eyelid Procedure: Step-by-Step
Pre-Surgery Preparation
✓ Abstain from water and food for 8 hours before the surgery.
✓ Abstain from all vitamin supplements for 1 month before and after the surgery.
✓ Abstain from smoking for 1 month before and after the surgery.
✓ Abstain from alcoholic drinks for 1 week before and after the surgery.
✓ Should wash your hair before the operation to avoid an inconvenience.
✓ Should not put on hard-to-remove makeup or any on the operation day.
✓ Should have an assistant on the day of surgery, driving prohibition is required.
✓ If having any underlying diseases, taking any medicines, or having an allergy history, you should inform the surgeon beforehand.
Postoperative Care
✓ Sleep on an elevated pillow for the first 48 hours after the surgery to reduce the swelling.
✓ Clean the wound with a cotton ball and saline. Take all medication prescribed by the doctor.
✓ Refrain from any heavy exercises or movements that can affect the wound in the first week after the surgery.
✓ You can wash your face and hair as normal in the next 48 hours after the surgery.
✓ You can wear contact lenses in the next 48 hours after the surgery.
✓ You can put on makeup as usual in the next 24 hours after the stitch is removed.
