Consider a conservative blepharoplasty or no procedure at all

Min S. Ahn, MD answers: Upper Blepharoplasty or Brow Lift for heavy eyelids?

I am 30 with heavy eyelids. There is no fat, just excess skin. I am wondering whether I am a candidate for an upper Blepharoplasty or a Brow Lift.

I feel like there is a lot of space between my brows and eyes and a brow lift might look strange. I've seen a few doctors and received a host of responses - some say my eyes would be easy to do, some thought it was hard, and one said to leave them alone because I might look bug-eyed? Thoughts?


Min S. Ahn, MD
1 month ago

Your eyebrows appear to be in good position. An easy way to tell is to close your eyes, relax your forehed and brows and feel where the tail of your eyebrow is located relative to the rim of your eyesocket. Ideally, you want the tail to sit above the rim (at the rim for men). You also do not appear to have much eyelid skin and your eyes appear to protrude a bit. That may be a funtion of the picture so you would need an in person consult first.

Good luck!

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