What's the difference between Lower bleph and "eye pinch"? Are prices similar?

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Should a simple eye pinch, where surgeon is only removing skin and not repositioning/removing fat be less expensive than an eye pinch, where they are just tightening/trimming excess skin? Or are they always the same price. Thanks.

William Portuese, MD · Answer

The primary goal for lower eyelid surgery is to remove the bags  through a  trans- Conjunctival approach on the inside of the lower lids. This improves the puffy look. If there is excess skin in the lower lids, then a pinch technique of excess skin is performed at the lash line. In our practice, we close this  incision  with tissue glue. The pinch technique can be performed under local anesthesia, while the fat removal is usually performed under general anesthesia.

Ali Riza Öreroglu, MD · Answer

Depending on what you need and want, you and your surgeon can make a decision about what procedure to go through with. In many cases, patients benefit from the removal of both the excess fat and the skin. If your surgeon decides that you do not need to have any fat removal, they can just remove the excess skin, and may charge you less than a complete lower blepharoplasty.

Hope this helps,Ali Rıza Öreroğlu, MD FEBOPRASEuropean and Turkish Board Certified Aesthetic, Plastic and Reconstructive SurgeonIstanbul, Turkey

Hope this helps,Ali Rıza Öreroğlu, MD FEBOPRASEuropean and Turkish Board Certified Aesthetic, Plastic and Reconstructive SurgeonIstanbul, Turkey

Michael P. Morrissette, DDS, FACS · Answer

The difference between a lower blepharoplasty and a pinch blepharoplasty is that the pinch blepharoplasty removes skin only and a lower blepharoplasty removes herniated fat. In many cases, there is a benefit from both procedures being performed at the same time. Most surgeons perform the lower blepharoplasty by making an incision within the eye itself, and therefore this does not address the skin.

Kevin Sadati, DO · Answer

Skin pinch is referred to removal of excess skin under the eyes without removing any fat that lead to puffiness. This procedure is also known as mini bleph. A completed lower blepharoplasty requires more extensive surgery removal and repositioning of the fat as well as reduction of excess skin  with laser or excision of it.  There are higher risks involved with complete lower blepharoplasty.  However, in the hands of experience surgeon lower blepharoplasty if very rewarding. Lower Blepharoplasty in 3-4 times more expensive than a just skin pinch.

Mehryar (Ray) Taban, MD, FACS · Answer

Skin pinch is a technique used to remove extra skin from lower eyelids. Lower blepharoplasty means plastic surgery on the lower eyelids which could involve the fat bags and/or the skin. There are different techniques for addressing the fat bags and skin, depending on the surgeon and patient.

Toby Mayer, MD · Answer

Eye Pinch is part of a blepharoplasty where there is too much skin and it needs to be removed as well as any fat bags which are present. See several very experienced surgeons who can show you natural results of their work.

Soheila Rostami, MD, FAAO, FAACS · Answer

But I think since the skin pinch is much less time consuming and less complicated, it should be less expensive. there are alternative to skin pinch for lower eyelid skin laxity. If the person has light skin (FP I, II, III) they can have CO2 resurfacing. there are other treatments for darker skin types. Including RF resurfacing, Micro-needling with PRP (Vampire Facial). which will not leave any scar and it is much easier recovery then skin pinch.

Mark Beaty, MD · Answer

Skin pinch usually refers to a method of managing excess lower lid skin by gathering beneath the lash line and removing.  This is most frequently performed as part of a lower lid blepharoplasty which also addresses muscle, orbital fat and the orbital septum.  If a skin pinch is used as a stand alone procedure it would usually be priced differently from a complete blepharoplasty

Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD · Answer

The best way to think of a pinch lower eyelid procedure is that it is a 'mini' lower bkepharoplasty. Less lower eyelid skin is removed although fat removal/transposiiton can still be done through a transconjunctival approach and laser or chemical peeling can be done one the lower eyelid skin.

Flora Levin, MD, FACS · Answer

"skin pinch" belpharoplasty refers to removing a small amount of skin from the eyelid to tighten it. It depends on the individual patient whether that technique alone is sufficient to reach the desired effect. Other options (especially for the lower eyelid) include fractional laser to tighten the skin, in the right candidate. Prices vary based on geography and surgeon. My advice is to choose the surgeon that you are most comfortable with, their skill and experience, rather than prices alone.

What's the difference between Lower bleph and "eye pinch"? Are prices similar?

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