Blepharoplasty or “eyelid surgery” is the reshaping of one’s eyelids or the application of permanent eyeliner, including Asian Blepharoplasty.
Blepharoplasty is a cosmetic plastic surgery procedure that is intended to reshape the upper eyelid or lower eyelid by the removal and/or repositioning of excess tissue as well as by the reinforcement of muscles and tendons that surround the eye. This type of procedure is used to improve the appearance of sagging upper eyelids and puffy lower eyelids that may look like “bags”. When upper eyelid changes become severe with many of the elderly, blepharoplasty may sometimes be undertaken to open up the impaired field of vision that results by overhanging skin.
Blepharoplasty is performed through external incisions that are made along the natural skin lines of the eyelids, such as the creases of the upper lids and below the lashes of the lower lids, or from the inside surface of the lower eyelid. Initial swelling and bruising take one to two weeks to resolve but at least several months are needed until the final result becomes stable. Depending upon the scope of the procedure, the operation takes one to three hours to complete
Asian Blepharoplasty, or double eyelid surgery, is the most popular form of cosmetic surgery among those of east and Southeast Asian background. About half of this population are born without an eyelid crease and are called single-lidded. Surgery is used to create a crease above the eye, thus making the eye appear more open and alert and facilitating the application of make up.
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