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31 Too Young for Upper Eyelid Surgery?
Hi, I'm 31 years old and feel that my upper eyelids are already sagging, making me look tired and old... It runs in my family - my mother has a similar problem, developed much further. Am I too young for eyelid surgery? If its genetic, will correcting it early be good - or should I too it as late in my life as possible? Many thanks!
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London5890
in London, H9
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Blepharoplasty advise
While you are not too young, you must be very careful. Many surgeons will quickly offer you an upper lid blepharoplasty but this procedure alone would be misguided in your case. You have what is called compensated brow ptosis which means your brows are already in a very low position and your brain is constantly activating the frontalis muscle to keep your upper eyelid skin out of your eyes. If you get an upper blepharoplasty alone your frontalis tone will likely drop giving...
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Too Young for Eyelid surgery?
In my experience this is not as much age-related as it is genetics and facial type. As you've pointed out, some individuals have more skin excess at age 30 than others will have at age 40. I might recommend eyelid surgery but would want to examine you and your skin and would like to see a photo of your mother to give me a better idea of what I'm working with. An advantage to earlier surgery is that you enjoy it for a very long time—especially because results in young skin tend...
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Too Young for Upper Eyelid Surgery?
No, you are not too young. Though the aging process continues, the procedure will set you back in time and you will always look better than you would have had you not had the surgery. If it bothers you now, there is no sense in waiting.
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Less is more.
Dear London
Yes you can and should have eyelid surgery. There are other options as well. The challenge you have is finding a surgeon who will do what I call a micro-blepharoplasty. This is a very precise anchor blepharoplasty, the goal of which is to preserve the upper eyelid fold but expose a uniform amount of upper eyelid platform. This surgery also removed a small amount of eyelid platform skin just below the upper eyelid fold and anchors the skin of the eyelid...
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Genetics play a role in timing for surgery
Many patients are born with heavy upper eyelids, others may acquire it early because of genetics. Either way, restoring a more youthful open eyelid can be a very rewarding procedure.
Many people set arbitrary ages for having procedures done. In reality we do not age according to external time lines. The best way to think about it is, to have the procedure when it becomes a concern to you. You get to enjoy it for so many more years.
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Brows and eyelid skin
Hi
Your situation seems more genetic endowment versus skin changes from maturational processes. While your photo doesnt appear to demonstrate eyebrow issues, but do you feel that the sagging of your eyelid and subbrow tissue is primarily at the end of the day? It is worth a visit to an ASOPRS-credited oculoplastic surgeon to help discuss your concerns.
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Botox instead of eyelid surgery?
There is no right or wrong age for having eyelid surgery as long as its being performed for right reason. A blepharoplasty is usually performed to remove extra skin and sometimes fat from the eyelid. Your photo however doesn't show that much. What it does show is a slightly low eyebrow that gives the illusion of fullness of the eyelid. This can be corrected simply with Botox injections just below the side of the eyebrow which will lift the brow and pull up some of...
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What age should I be for eyelid surgery
There is no magic age for eyelid surgery. The time to consider plastic surgery is when something really bothers you. A consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon would be your first step. In fact, consulting with several surgeons may be worthwhile. They will give you an honest assessment, and discuss options. There may be nonsurgical options available such as Botox. Upper eyelid surgery is typically done on an outpatient basis, and it is generally...
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Rockville Plastic Surgeon
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Age and Eyelid Surgery
There is no magic age number for upper eyelid surgery. Seek out the expertise of a well trained board certified facial plastic or plastic surgeon. Upon examination, your surgeon will be able to discuss the treatment options which would best address your concerns. Best of luck!
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Blepharoplasty, Eyelid Surgery, Beverly Hills Blepharoplasty
It's not unheard of for a 31 year old to have Blepharoplasty but typically it's a lower lid Blepharoplasty for eye bags, not an upper Blepharoplasty. I have performed Blepharoplasty for over 20 years and despite the photos you supoplied, I don't believe that you can get the answer you seek without an in person evaluation and here's why:
Fullness of the upper eyelids come from two places.
One is the position of the eyebrows. If the...
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Age for Upper Eyelid Surgery
While there is no set age after which someone is a candidate for eyelid surgery, you may not necessarily need surgery in the sense of removing excess upper eyelid skin. In the photo, it appears as though you may have a familial condition called dermatochasis, where the upper eyelid skin is thick and heavy. In this instance, you may benefit from removal of fat in the upper eyelid, without removal of skin, which will allow coutouring.
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Eyelid surgery
31 years of age is not too young to have eyelid surgery, assuming you would benefit from it. A cosultation can give you more information as to what is wrong and what can be done, if necessary.
Dr Taban
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Blepharoplasty and Age.
Truly, there is no "right" or "wrong" age for blepharoplasty. Either you need it or you don't. From what you describes it seems that yes you may need a upper blepharoplasty (especially if it runs in the family). If you decide to go ahead with the surgery then you will enjoy your new "refreshed" look for a long time!
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Early blepharoplasty to prevent aging
Based on you photo your lids now are youthful and perfect. Family traits considered, and 'early' lid lift will not be a prevention to future hooding. As a cosmetic surgeon we can only address and judge what is there. Early lid surgery may make your lids tight and dry while young, or worse, hollow and aged when you are older.
Best of luck,
peterejohnsonmd
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Age for Upper Eyelid Belpharoplasty
There is no correct age for an upper eyelid blepharoplasty. In the surgery, the skin along with some muscle and rarely fat are removed. Removal of the excess skin restores a youthful curvature to the upper eyelid. There are some people who may never need upper eyelid surgery, while there are people in there 20s and 30s that can benefit from it.
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Blepharoplasty or Endoscopic Forehead lift
Most excessive upper eyelid skin is due to low and saggy forehead skin. In youger patient, this may be due to low set eyebrow and upper orbital ridge. If this is the problem, then endoscopic forhead lift is the procedure of choice. It will lift the eyebrow as well as upper eyelid skin, making the face open up and refreshed. Upper eyelid surgery generally reduces the eyebrow-eyelashes distance. See the before and after pictures on the internet.
Huntington Beach Facial Plastic Surgeon
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What age blepharoplasty?
There is no right age for upper eyelid surgery. If you look in the mirror every day and think, I "look tired and old" then it is reasonable to have this evaluated. It is important to look at this problem from a global perspective. What I mean by this is that the upper eyelid does not exist in isolation. The brow, temple, lower eyelid, and cheek bone all need to be evaluated at the same time. In addition, the condition of the skin and muscular...
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