Can I Combine a Blepharoplasty with Lasik in One Surgery?
June 12, 2008
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Can Lasik surgery be combined with eyelid surgery? I would rather only have one surgery but I want both procedures...Would it be hard to find a doctor who can do both?
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December 15, 2008
Answer: Lasik Surgery and Blepharoplasty, Raffy Karamanoukian MD
Eye bags are the appearance of the lower eyelid fat pads. As we age and lose facial volume, the bags are revealed. In the past, the only way to get rid of the eyebags was by blepharoplasty, lower eyelid surgery. The surgery was performed usually from inside the eyelid (transconjunctival...
Great question! You should not have significantly visible scars from blepharoplasty. Any incision on the body will leave a scar to some extent. However, the incision for blepharoplasty is planned along a natural skin crease that very effectively hides this scar. Sometimes if there is fullness of...
This is a fantastic question! This is a topic discussed at length at every Facial Plastic Surgery conference I have ever attended. It is critically important that your surgeon consider the position of both the brow and the eyelids when evaluating for possible blepharoplasty. Failure to recognize...