Bleph before or after facelift?

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I'd like to get a facelift done by one dr and an upper and lower bleph done by another. Which should I do first?

Andrew Miller, MD · Answer

While you can certainly do all of it at one time (probably lower overall price), it really doesn't matter which one you do first if you are splitting them up. Just make sure that your surgeon is a facial specialist and has a lot of experience with these procedures.

Stephen Prendiville, MD · Answer

It truly doesn't matter in terms of which procedure you have performed first.  In fact, you can do both together.

Jeffrey M. Darrow, MD · Answer

It will not matter whether you have your facelift done first or your upper and lower eyelids.  If your surgeon does a good job, you will have a good result. However, if you were to combine the two procedures, with the surgeon that you find acceptable, it would be less expensive for you, as you would have a single Anesthesia, as opposed to two. Something to consider.  Best wishes.

Dana Goldberg, MD · Answer

I’d recommend the facelift first. If lower face skin is pushed towards the eyelid, it can be addressed with the lower lid surgery.

Jeffrey H. Spiegel, MD · Answer

It doesn't matter.  I'd leave a few months (3-6) between procedures.
But, in general, someone who can do a good job with a facelift will also do a good blepharoplasty but not vice versa.

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