It is a change due to the increase in tissue elasticity, which is why it is very common in people over 55 years of age, although, in cases of family predisposition, it may appear earlier.

A very intense upper dermatochalasis can cause a drooping of the upper eyelid over the pupil and a reduction in the field of vision in the upper area, so upper blepharoplasty (surgical technique to correct it) should be performed. In non-symptomatic cases and in inferior dermatochalasis, blepharoplasty can be performed only for aesthetic purposes.

Dermatochalasis of the upper eyelid is often accompanied by eyebrow ptosis (drooping of the eyebrow) which should be treated at the same time.

It is a change due to the increase in tissue elasticity, which is why it is very common in people over 55 years of age, although, in cases of family predisposition, it may appear earlier.

Dermatochalasis of the upper eyelid is often accompanied by eyebrow ptosis (drooping of the eyebrow) which should be treated at the same time.

A very intense upper dermatochalasis can cause a drooping of the upper eyelid over the pupil and a reduction in the field of vision in the upper area, so upper blepharoplasty (surgical technique to correct it) should be performed. In non-symptomatic cases and in inferior dermatochalasis, blepharoplasty can be performed only for aesthetic purposes.

Blepharoplasty

It is the surgery in which excess skin on the eyelids, both upper and lower, is corrected under locoregional anesthesia, and can be combined with the reduction of fat pads. He performed it in collaboration with Dr. Bazil Stoica (expert in oculoplasty surgery).

Blepharoplasty

It is the surgery in which excess skin on the eyelids, both upper and lower, is corrected under locoregional anesthesia, and can be combined with the reduction of fat pads. He performed it in collaboration with Dr. Bazil Stoica (expert in oculoplasty surgery).

The most frequent complications of this surgery occur, in most cases, due to the removal of excess skin, causing retraction of the eyelids and consequently symptoms of dry eyes and; Due to excess fat removal, unaesthetic depressed areas may remain. For this reason, it is a surgery that must be performed by experts in the anatomy of the eyelid, to prevent a result that affects the patient’s well-being in the postoperative period or whose aesthetic result is objectively worse than the one sought.

To know your expectations in relation to surgery and adapt them to the most likely result, I recommend that you make a list of the doubts that have arisen while reading this text. In addition, it will be necessary to take photos during the preoperative consultation to be able to explain with those images what the surgery consists of and the most likely result of it.

The most frequent complications of this surgery occur, in most cases, due to the removal of excess skin, causing retraction of the eyelids and consequently symptoms of dry eyes and; Due to excess fat removal, unaesthetic depressed areas may remain. For this reason, it is a surgery that must be performed by experts in the anatomy of the eyelid, to prevent a result that affects the patient’s well-being in the postoperative period or whose aesthetic result is objectively worse than the one sought.

To know your expectations in relation to surgery and adapt them to the most likely result, I recommend that you make a list of the doubts that have arisen while reading this text. In addition, it will be necessary to take photos during the preoperative consultation to be able to explain with those images what the surgery consists of and the most likely result of it.