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Sagging eyelids and under-eye bags can make you look older and more tired than you feel. A blepharoplasty at our clinic near Edinburgh will remove excess fat and drooping skin to restore a fresh and youthful appearance to the eye area.
Changes to the eye area often develop during the ageing process, but a tendency to sagging lids and eye bags at a young age can be inherited. Whatever the cause, eyelid surgery at our award-winning Stirling clinic near Edinburgh will give you fresh, natural-looking results, and many patients report feeling more confident after this rejuvenating surgery.
Contact us today to learn more about upper lid and lower lid blepharoplasty. You can book your consultation by contacting us on 01786 447 229 or online here.
An upper blepharoplasty addresses sagging upper eyelid skin. Excess skin above the eyes causes drooping upper eyelids, which can create both aesthetic and functional concerns.
Sagging skin can make the eyes look old and tired, but in extreme cases the loose skin can cover the eyes, and many patients choose blepharoplasty to improve vision. In addition, the folds of skin can become irritated and sore.
A lower blepharoplasty procedure addresses the excess skin and fat that creates pouches, dark circles and hollows under the eyes. This puffy skin creates shadows, giving a tired appearance to the face.
Blepharoplasty or eyelid surgery is a straightforward surgical procedure that addresses cosmetic concerns about the upper and lower eyelids. It is possible to have upper and lower eyelid surgery combined in the same procedure.
At FrownDocs, your surgeon is a head and neck surgeon with decades of experience. Eyelid surgery is typically performed under local anaesthetic with light sedation, avoiding the lengthy recovery required after a general anaesthetic. The surgical incisions will be closed with fine sutures.
Your surgeon will remove a strip of excess skin and loose muscle from the upper eyelids to shorten and lift the upper lids, creating a smoother and more contoured upper eye area.
The surgeon will make an incision and use scissors to remove excess tissue and protruding fat pads. The lower eye area will be tighter and smoother.
Both upper and lower eyelid surgery causes minimal scarring.
In an upper eyelid blepharoplasty procedure, the incision is made in the natural crease of the eyelid, and in a lower blepharoplasty it follows the lash line. In both cases, the incisions are small and will fade away to barely visible silvery lines.
The benefits of eyelid procedures can last for up to 10 years, but the ageing process will continue, and over time further sagging skin may develop.
Both procedures take around 1 - 2 hours to perform at our clinic near Edinburgh. If you are having upper and lower eyelid surgery combined, the procedure will take up to 3 hours.
Recovery is usually smooth with minimal pain. The skin in the eye area is fragile, and postoperative swelling and bruising are normal. This will peak after about 3 days and then start to subside.
Most patients feel comfortable enough to go out within 10 days and return to work 2-3 weeks after surgery, or even earlier if they have a desk-based role. It may take 3 to 6 months before the tissues around the eyes have completely settled, and you will see the final result.
We recommend the following to make your recovery as smooth as possible:
You will visit us for a follow-up appointment one week after surgery when your sutures will be removed.
Lower eyelid surgery costs £4495 while upper blepharoplasty costs £3000.
Edinburgh patients can easily reach our Stirling Clinic in a little over an hour.
FrownDocs Stirling
First Floor
Balallan House
24 Allan Park
Stirling FK8 2QG
On-site parking is available at the clinic. Please park on site rather than on adjacent roads. Simply drive into the driveway and follow it round to the right.
Get on M8 from George St, W Approach Rd and A71
Take M9 to A872 in Stirling. Take exit 9 from M9
Continue on A872. Take Burghmuir Rd/A9 to Allan Park in Stirling
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