Eyelid Surgery: Q&A
Ask a QuestionI Am 20 Years Old and Thinking About Upper Eyelid Surgery? (photo)
My eyes are hooded and I always have this tired unhappy look. My left eye is more hooded than the right eye. I am interested in the upper eyelid surgery so I can look more awake, happy and feminine. Am I too young? What are your suggestions?
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Tired girl
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Upper Eyelid Surgery In Early 20s
As long as a person is at a level of maturity to understand the implications of surgery, regardless of age, it should not matter. Although something like this is usually done to reverse the aging process, it isn't always the case. From your pictures it is easy to see you do have asymmetry and that is something that we can easily fix with an upper blepharoplasty.
"Dr.D"
Fayetteville Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Eyelid Asymmetry can be improved
Your photos clearly demonstrate asymmetry of your upper eye lids. It would appear that you have more prominent fat pads and probably some excess skin on that side. It of course would be critical to be examined to verify this. Regardless of your young age, asymmetry is a valid reason to obtain correction. Please make sure you will be treated by a board certified Plastic or Oculoplastic Surgeon. Please also note that exact symmetry can never be achieved even in the best of hands....
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Upper eyelid surgery at 20
While there are significant asymmetries related to the eyelids, there is more hooded skin on the patient’s left upper lid. A very simple conservative skin excision blepharoplasty on the left upper lid could be performed to match the right side.
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20 Years Old and Upper Eyelid Surgery
In nearly 30 years of surgical experience, I have performed upper eyelid surgery in many young people in their 20's, for the right reasons. You have a difference in the lids which can be improved. Provided you have the proper expectations there is no reason you should not have this corrected at age 20. Good luck.
Dr R Sadove
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Upper eyelid surgery
As long as you are mature and mentally able to undergo surgery, you would likely benefit from an upper eyelid blepharoplasty. Your left eyelid (upper) is certainly worse than your right. That fact would need to be addressed during surgery. Upper eyelid blepharoplasty is a relatively quick surgery to recover and patients do quite well.
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Asymmetric lid folds at a young age
The asymmetry and hooding you have is caused by the low lid fold on one side, and even at age 20 it is a reasonable fix with a anchor blepharoplasty to raise and set the fold on the hooded side. Look for improvement, not perfection.
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Upper Eyelid Surgery for Bright-Eyed Appearance
20 years old is young to elect for cosmetic surgery, so I recommend consulting with a qualified Oculofacial cosmetic surgeon who will understand what it is you want and to help determine the best approach for you. Recently, I performed upper lid eyelift surgery on a young woman who had a similar problem - although hers was not asymmetry to the eyes (as it seems to be slightly in your case judging from the photos). She had excess skin that caused slight hooding to her upper eyelids. People...
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Too young for surgery?
If you have noticeable asymmetry and it bothers you, by all means fix it. Looks like you mainly need a upper blepharoplasty on the left. The brow you can leave alone for now. Go see an ophthalmic plastic surgeon to make sure nothing else is going on.
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Upper blepharoplasty recovery and pain is minimal.
Upper blepharoplasty recovery and pain is minimal to even your lids. However, I would need to see you to determine if a mini brow lift would not be a better choice.
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