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Denver, Colorado Blepharoplasty - Lower Lids
There are two reasons people come to see us for lower eyelid problems. First, many patients simply have too much extra lower eyelid skin, that appears saggy and wrinkled. Secondly, people often feel they look tired or old because of puffiness that appears underneath their eyes. At our practice in Denver, Colorado, blepharoplasty - or eyelid surgery - of the lower lids can improve the appearance and tone of the skin beneath the eyes, resulting in a more youthful, refreshed look.
Options for Treatment
- Wrinkles and excess skin of the lower lids can be improved in several ways. Extra skin can be excised through a tiny incision hidden just underneath the lower eyelashes. Once healed, this incision is almost invisible. Colorado laser skin resurfacing can also tighten the lower lid skin very effectively.
- Puffiness or bags beneath the eyes can also be treated with blepharoplasty in Denver, Colorado. There are several reasons for this condition. First, there is a sheath of tissue that holds back the fat that lives around the eyes. At some point this sheath becomes weak and the fat pushes outwards. Treatment for this involves making an incision on the inner surface of the eyelid (no outside scar), and removing or repositioning the extra fat.
- Under Eye Hollows can develop as the tissue of the upper cheek starts to fall with age. This pronounced groove can make it appear as if there is too much lower eyelid fat, when in fact, it is the hollow that needs to be addressed. In this situation, filling the groove is the answer. This can be done very simply with injectable fillers, it can be filled with your own fat borrowed from another part of the body, or sometimes is corrected by performing a cheek lift to lift the upper cheek back to its original position.
The Art of Surgery
The key to a great result in lower eyelid surgery or lower blepharoplasty is knowing which procedure, or combination of procedures will achieve the desired result. While I have to be technically proficient in all of the procedures I may use, it is the art of surgery, knowing which procedure to perform, that is most difficult. We spend a great deal of time in our preoperative evaluation; talking, examining, imaging your photo on the computer, and looking at the results of similar patients. This cannot be done quickly. It is also part of the reason why information given about a particular procedure over the phone without seeing the patient, is often a disservice.
To learn more about your surgical and nonsurgical options, click here to request a consultation with Dr. Menachof. Or you can call The Center for Aesthetic Facial Surgery at (303) 792-3838 and one of our helpful staff will schedule your appointment.
