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How Do You Protect Eyes from Lasers when Treating Loose Eyelid Skin?

asked 1 year ago by 2618anon in Virginia
Latest answer by Emily Altman, MD
Question viewed 1,658 times
Tags: eyelids, safety, skin

I see many posts about how fraxel (or other lasers) can help loose skin around the eyes. When I went for my first treatment, they put eye patches over my whole eye, including eyelids. It did improve the rest of my face, but of course not my eyelids or bags. I don't think I'd want the laser any closer?

11 answers to How Do You Protect Eyes from Lasers when Treating Loose Eyelid Skin?

Eye protection is critical with lasers

Laser (or other device) treatment of skin of upper and lower eyelids is very common. Eye protection for patient and operator is necessary to avoid injury from direct or indirect exposure. There are different types of eyewear used depending upon laser (device) and proximity to eye. Most of the time we use external metal shields that look like eyeprotection one would wear in a tanning booth. For use closer to eyelashes we would use an internal shield - basically a metal contact lens. more

Jason Pozner, MD
Boca Raton Plastic Surgeon

Mode of Eye Protection during laser treatments to Face and Eyelida

Eye protection is obviously extremely important. the closer we come to the eye, the tighter and more secure the eye protection must be. The best way to protect the eyes from scratches or the laser is to use specially designed stainless steel contact lenses. The eye is numbed with a drop of topical anesthetic. Once numb, these specially designed corneal protection shields are placed on the eye, much like a contact lens, and cover the surface of the eye for the duration of the procedure.... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon

Laser Skin Resurfacing For Eyelid Skin

For laser skin resurfacing around the eye, modality specific eye shields are utilized much like a contact lens to protect the cornea, sclera and conjunctiva. For laser skin resurfacing (utilized to tighten, smooth, and enhance the skin) around the eye we use a metal shield that is reflective. This allows the skin being treated by the laser to be treated safely without hurting the delicate eye structures. During a blepharoplasty a plastic shield or contact... more

Charles Perry, MD
Sacramento Plastic Surgeon

Eye protection from lasers

If the eyelid is treated up to the eyelashes, there are different types of eye protection that doctors can use depending on the energy source. Radiofrequency such as Thermage involves the use of plastic sterile eyeshileds placed by the physician similar to the manner in which contact lenses are placed. For many lasers, sterile smooth metal eyeshields are placed in lieu of the plastic mentioned above. There are other ways in which it can be done. The physician should discuss with... more

Ronald Shelton, MD
Manhattan Dermatologist

Metal shields are standard for laser resurfacing of the eyelids

When performing laser resurfacing of the eyelid skin, I insert metal eye shields to protect from the laser. First an anesthetic drop is used, followed by careful placement of a metal eye shield that is coated with eye lubricant. The eye is then flushed with BSS solution after their removal following the laser treatment. A properly fitting eye shield is excellent protection from laser injury.

Kevin Ende, MD
Manhattan Facial Plastic Surgeon

Laser resurfacing of eyelid skin

Fractional resurfacing of eyelid skin can give great results. To treat the eyelid skin properly, you need internal eye shields. They are made of non-reflective metal material and are inserted inside the eyelids, in a similar way as contact lenses, although these are much larger. Some anesthetizing eye lubricant must be placed in the eye prior to putting in eye shields to protect the eye and reduce the reflex to flinch when the eye shields are being inserted. Make... more

Emily Altman, MD
Short Hills Dermatologic Surgeon

Laser Treatment around eyes

In order to treat within the orbital rim (inside the bony rim around the eye) you need to place special laser protective eye shields. This is quite simple to do. A few drops of an eye anesthetic are placed in they eye, followed by a lubricant and then the eye shield. The biggest problem patients have is the anxiety associated withthe physician putting the shields in, but most find it much simpler than than they imagined. Any experienced laser surgeon should have... more

Jeffrey C. Poole, MD
Metairie Dermatologic Surgeon

Corneal protectors

There are special laser eye shields that we use to protect the eyes. We place a topical anesthetic on the eye, lubricate the eye and insert the shield. It is a painless procedure. After the procedure the shields are removed and the eye is irrigated with a balanced salt solution much like contact lens solution.

Marisa Lawrence, MD
Atlanta Plastic Surgeon

Safety and loose skin around the eyes

It is imperative that any treatment involving the eyes utilizes what we call intraocular protection. This involves putting some numbing drops in your eyes and place a very large contact lens to protect it from the laser beam. We use this on all of our eyelid treatments.

Jeffrey Kenkel, MD
Dallas Plastic Surgeon

Lasers around eyes

Placing eye shields intraocular( close to the eye like a contact lens) will allow use of the laser closer to the lid margin.

Steven Wallach, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Eye protection with Laser treatments

If you are wanting treatment around your eyes it is recommended that the physician place intra-ocular shields. These shields are metal contacts that are placed under the lids directly on the eye. Although we still take extra precautions this is the best method.

Lee Robinson, MD
Portland Facial Plastic Surgeon

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