What Blepharoplasty Patients Need to Know

How are bags under the eyes formed Generally speaking, the formation of bags under the eyes is mainly caused by aging and degenerative changes in facial tissues have a close relationship, in other words, that is, the extraocular tissues around the eyes caused by aging, structural degradation of the tissues to make the elasticity of the tissues weakened or the orbital fat increased by a variety of factors can lead to the formation of bags under the eyes, in layman’s terms, bags under the eyes occurring either the tissue is loose, or the tissue is increased. What kind of eye bags need to be done Eye bags can be categorized as light, medium, or severe depending on the situation. Generally, the degree of change in the structure of the lower eyelid bags around the eyes is light, the contents of the puffing is not obvious, relaxation, bulging area is often limited to the lower edge of the orbital bone above the part, you can not carry out surgical treatment, through some make-up, physical therapy and maintenance methods can play a role in disguising and correcting the role of. In addition to the obvious bulging of the contents, moderate and severe bags under the eyes are accompanied by crow’s feet, and even changes in other facial structures such as eyebrows and outer canthus, which require surgery for correction and treatment. What are the methods to get rid of eye bags For mild eye bags, they can be corrected by methods such as eye care in life and beauty, but they are not applicable to medium and heavy eye bags, and the results are often unreliable. For the formation of moderate and severe bags under the eyes, only through the method of surgery to achieve better results. Clinically, surgery is generally categorized into two types: internal approach and external approach. The internal approach is often boasted by some individual beauty salons as “liposuction of under-eye bags without incision, surgery, or traces”, but in fact, this method is in the end the internal approach, which also requires incision and anesthesia, etc. The external approach is the most commonly used surgical method in the clinic. External approach is the most commonly used surgical method in clinical practice. What kind of people are suitable for the internal approach? What are its advantages and disadvantages? The internal approach, known as the “lower lid conjunctival incision approach”, is mainly used for young people who simply have too much orbital fat displacement or bulge without skin laxity, as well as for patients with mild under-eye bags who do not want to go to the external approach for a variety of reasons (requiring no incisional scarring or important social events in the near future). The internal approach has the advantages of a mild reaction, quick recovery, and a scarless skin appearance, but it is not ideal for patients with lower lid skin and septal laxity because it is unable to tighten the lower lid septum and remove excess lax skin. Therefore, we generally do not consider this approach for patients over 35 years of age. What kind of people are suitable for the external approach? What are its advantages and disadvantages? The external approach is the most common surgical method used by professionals to eliminate under-eye bags, and in principle, it can be applied to the correction of under-eye bags without any contraindications, and is specifically applicable to the following types of candidates: ① middle-aged and elderly people with under-eye bags of the lower eyelid, moderate to severe; ② lower eyelid skin laxity, orbital fat mild bulging, mild under-eye bags of the lower eyelid; ③ simple skin laxity or simple hypertrophy of orbicularis oculi muscle who urgently require surgery. How is eye bag removal accomplished? For both the internal and external approaches, an incision is made. The incision of the internal approach is generally chosen in the eyelid conjunctiva plane near the eyelid margin, after incision and compression of the orbital septum to make the fat bulge out, and then according to the situation will be the appropriate amount of fat excision; the incision of the external approach is chosen in the lower eyelid margin from the lowest row of eyelashes 1.5~2.0mm, along the eyelid margin in the lower eyelid outer skin for a linear incision, layer by layer incision to open up the orbital septum, the orbital fat under direct vision will be removed, and according to the situation can be removed from the redundant orbicularis oculi muscle and the lower eyelid skin. The excess orbicularis oculi muscle and lower eyelid skin can be removed as appropriate. How long does it usually take to remove bags under the eyes? How long does it take to recover from surgery? Are there any after-effects? Eye bag removal, whether it is an external or internal approach, is a relatively simple and quick procedure for a qualified plastic surgeon. The internal approach is shorter, and the whole operation can be completed in half an hour; the external approach takes a little longer, and the whole operation usually takes about 40 minutes to one hour. After the eye bag removal surgery, the stitches can be removed in 5 to 6 days. Successful eye bag surgery is not easy to be noticed that the surgery has been done in about 10 days without paying attention, a few people may have a slight, linear red scar in the incision, which can be basically returned to normal after 2 to 3 months. Many patients are concerned about the possible complications of eye bag surgery, especially whether the external approach method will leave obvious incision scars. In fact, this is an unnecessary worry, because the eyelid margins of the thinnest skin in the body, even if the formation of scarring is also very small, generally is not easy to detect; in addition, the regular medical institutions, cosmetic surgery in the incision, suture and so on is very careful, the use of suture is also a special cosmetic surgery suture. In fact, the most important thing is the physician’s careful preoperative examination and design, as well as intraoperative grasp of the degree of tissue removal. In terms of complications, the most common is too much tissue removal caused by the lower eyelid ectropion, which is often caused by the physician’s inexperience, insufficient preoperative consideration or intraoperative errors, once this situation is very difficult to repair; in addition, a small number of patients will also be hematoma, infection, etc., which is very rare in the regular medical institutions. Warning to beauty seekers The eyes are the windows of the soul, the human appearance has a significant role. Therefore, in the choice of eye cosmetic surgery must be careful, it is best to go to a professional with the authority of the plastic surgery institutions to complete the operation, looking for qualified professionals after rigorous professional training to operate. Do not be some individual beauty salon put out a variety of names of false ads by deceived, or once the problem will be unimaginable consequences, and even irreversible and make you hold a lifelong hate.