Danbury Eyelid Surgery doctors

limiting the extent of your visual fields.  If the eyelids hang too far below the upper edge of the iris, your ability to note objects in the periphery of your vision can be limited.  An evaluation by an Ophthalmologist is critical to determine whether the problem is due to extra skin, extra skin and weakness of the muscles, or weakness of the muscles alone...  If the extra skin is interfering with your vision, you might be able to have a Blepharoplasty, or eyelid lift, partially or completely covered by medical insurance.  Anytime you contemplate eyelid surgery, you should strongly consider seeing your Ophthalmologist...

The last thing one wants when undergoing a cosmetic procedure is to end up with a complication.  In upper eyelid surgery, removing too much skin that results in the inability to fully close the eye should be avoided at all costs.  I use a "pinch" technique to aid in marking the excess skin that determines the amount of skin that can be safely removed.

If you are unable to close the eye fully after surgery it is usually temporary.  If it does not resolve then an additional procedure possible using a skin graft may be required to fix the problem.

The lower eyelids must be evaluated in terms of excess skin, protruding fat pads (bags), and laxity of the eyelid.  Only after properly assessing these issues, can the best approach be determined. 

It appears that your concern may be fullness of the lower eyelids without excess skin.  Fat transposition is a good option because it does not result in a hollowed out look and uses the local fat to fill in the depression beneath the bags.  In essence it decreases fullness in one place and fills another, therefore you get 2 benefits with this technique.  Fat transposition may be performed through either the inner or the outer approach.  Because you don't require removal of excess skin, the inner eyelid approach may be better for you.