Which patient is a candidate for lower blepharoplasty?
Blepharoplasty is probably the most frequent cosmetic surgery at facial level. Why? Because it is a type of surgery applicable to a very varied age range, people from 20-25 years old can undergo a lower blepharoplasty because they have a hereditary origin of those bags that appear so early. Later, more advanced ages, due to aging and laxity of the orbital tissues, make patients candidates to be operated or intervened for a blepharoplasty.
What does the surgery consist of?
Lower eyelid blepharoplasty is performed under local anesthesia or local anesthesia plus sedation on an outpatient basis, that is, the patient does not require hospitalization. Briefly we can say that the surgery is performed transconjunctivally, that is, inside the eye, so that the patient does not have a visible external scar. The post-operative period is quite painless for the patient, but he/she should be advised that he/she needs a week or 10 days to resume his/her daily activities.
What is the main complication that may arise?
To avoid complications in blepharoplasty is important to put yourself in the hands of a qualified plastic surgeon, an experienced surgeon. Perhaps the most serious complication of this type of surgery is the excessive resection of the skin of the lower eyelid causes it to fall and we can not close the eyelid completely, so the eye is exposed and we can have problems of conjunctivitis, corneal exposure, ulcers, and so on. This is probably due to the surgeon’s inexperience. One must always be very conservative with this type of resection, and, apart from this, it is difficult to have a greater degree of problems in this type of surgery.