What are the pros and cons to having upper and lower eyelid surgery separately?

Thank you for sharing your question. Results should be the same if upper and lower blepharoplasty are performed at the same time or separately. The benefit of having the surgery at one time is less downtime overall. Discuss this with your doctor.Good luck,

Hello.  Thank you for your question.  It is my opinion that upper and lower blepharoplasty can be performed safely at the same time.  This will allow one procedure and one period of recovery.  This is very common practice in facial plastic surgery.  There is really no advantage to doing them separately, and it is very likely to be more costly that way, due to additional facility and anesthesia expenses, not to mention additional time off from work.  The only reason to do them as separate procedures would be patient preference.  Best of luck to you in achieving your aesthetic goals. 

Thank you for your question about eyelid surgery. Pictures would be helpful.If you are thinking about having both upper and lower eyelid blepharoplasty, then most individuals and surgeons are going to have this done at the same time.To be sure, see two or more experienced, board-certified Plastic Surgeons in your area for a complete evaluation to make sure you are a good candidate and that it is safe for you to have surgery.I hope this helps.

The downside for doing them separately is two recovery periods.  Surgical closers don't like it because their job is to close you on as much surgery as possible.  The best reason for doing the uppers and lowers separately is it is what makes you are comfortable.  End of discussion.  Do what you want.  If the potential surgeon does not like it, they can get over it or better, consider finding a different surgeon.

Thank you for your question. There really no benefit to doing an upper and lower bleph separately.  As part of the lower bleph a small incision is often required in the upper eyelid to do a canthopexy to tighten the lower eyelid. That incision can be part of the incision for an upper blepharoasty. If you are planning to do both I would recommend doing both together. The addition of the upper bleph is really quite minimal and also allows you to group your recovery.  All the best,