Local anesthesia is my routine for eyelid surgery

York Jay Yates, MD answers: Can eyelid surgery be done without anesthesia?

Can bleph eyelid surgery be done without anesthesia?  If so, how does it work?


York Jay Yates, MD
8 months ago
By York Jay Yates, MD - Ogden Plastic Surgeon

Local anesthesia is my general routine for blepharoplasty. The local anesthesia injections in the eyelids are not painless, but relatively low pain. Some patients desire a little oral or IV sedation which is always a possibility.

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