Why do many women have smaller eyes after a facelift?

Depending on the laxity of the skin of the lower eyelids it is not uncommon for a surgeon to perform a procedure called a canthoplasty or canthopexy, which can temporarily give the eyes a smaller appearance. With time however, the normal eye shape should return which usually takes about 2-6 weeks.

Thanks for sharing.  A facelift will not change the shape of the eyes so it should not be a concern.  Brow lifting and eyelid lifting and midface lifting can potentially change the eyelid shape so you may want to ask if these were also performed in the photos you are reviewing.  Best of luck

Neither a facelift nor ultherapy will alter the shape of the eyes.  This would only be accomplished with some form of eyelid surgery.  If you are concerned about alterations to the shape of your eyes, convey this information to your Surgeon and be very careful about having any form of blepharoplasty.  Choose the Surgeon whose results you like, whose description and manner impresses you, and where the staff make you feel like you will be well treated.

If having just a facelift, it would be unusual to see a real change in the shape of the eyes.  For the first few weeks, swelling from the surgery will often move into the eye area, and this can make the eyes appear smaller.  Your friends may also have actually had eyelid surgery with the facelift which is very common.  With a facelift, most of the pull is upward, so there should be little to no distortion of the eyelid shape   

Facelifts typically involve the lower 2/3rds of the face, starting at the cheeks and down to the neck, and do not change eyelid shape.  Some surgeons extend the dissection up the temporal hairline and a pull in this area can distort the lower lid shape and lead to smaller eyelid aperture.  Basically, the right type of facelift technique should avoid this change in eyelid shape. 

Patients do not have smaller looking eyes and in fact sometimes have more open looking eyes when facial rejuvenation surgery is experty performed.  If often perform fat grafting both below the eyelid and and in the hollows of the brow an upper eyelid junction. By making the eyelid contours mote smooth, the result is a more youthful, beautiful eye area. If too much fat, or any filler is administered under the eye area, the  result can be disastrous, the face can be distorted, look over-filled and presumably the eyes could look smaller. 

The only procedures that result in smaller eyes are procedures which tighten, lift, or add volume to the lower eyelid or cheeks.  Lower face and neck lift surgery does not alter the shape or size of the eyes.  Just be careful with procedures around the eyes especially lower eyelid or cheek lifting proedures.  

Thank you for your question. A facelift should not affect the eyes, but the volume may shift in the face following the procedure.

 A properly performed facelift will not affect the shape of the eyes. The goals of a lower face neck lift are  to tighten the jowls, tighten loose facial and neck skin, tighten loose facial and neck muscles, and remove fatty deposits in the neck. This has nothing to do with the shape of the eyelids.

A facelift should not change the shape or structure of the eyes. However, after a facelift you might have some volume shifting that can bring more volume to the lower eyelid area. As we age volume and tissues drop from the lower eyelid region. After a facelift this volume is replaced. This volume replacement could make a visual illusion that the aye looks smaller as there is more volume filling the lower eyelid area.Look closely at the before and after pictures that you are seeing and I bet you that you are visually pickin the volume augmentation that the lift gave to the lower eyelid area.Hope this helps,Dr. Gus Diaz