Heavy Eyelids? Why Blepharoplasty and Brow Position Must Be Planned Together
You look in the mirror and see skin hanging over your upper lids. You look tired. People ask if you slept badly. The obvious fix seems simple: remove the extra skin.
It isn’t always that simple, and when the real cause is missed, the result can be worse than where you started.
With age and gravity, the eyebrow can descend. When it drops below the bony rim of the eye socket, skin that should sit under the brow is pushed down onto the upper lid. It looks like extra eyelid skin. But the problem is the position of the brow, not the amount of skin in the lid.
Many patients also compensate without knowing it. They lift their brows all day to keep the lids open, which can cause tired forehead muscles, headaches and a constant sense of fatigue.
If the brow is low and surgery removes only lid skin, three things can follow:
Your eyelids, brows, tear film and cornea work together as one system. Form follows function. An eyelid operation that looks good for a month but leaves the eye uncomfortable for years has failed.
As an ophthalmologist who performs eyelid surgery, Dr. Benjamin plans each case from the inside out. He looks at:
Depending on what the examination shows, the right plan may be:
We start with the gentlest option that will work and use surgery when surgery is the right answer.
Start with an evaluation that looks at the whole picture: brow, lids, tear film and eye health. Then you will know whether blepharoplasty, a brow lift, a combination, or something else will really give you the result you want.
Call 310-299-2056 to schedule an eyelid evaluation with Dr. Benjamin.
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