How Do You Protect Eyes from Lasers when Treating Loose Eyelid Skin?

Fractional resurfacing of eyelid skin can give great results.  To treat the eyelid skin properly, you need internal eye shields.  They are made of non-reflective metal material and are inserted inside the eyelids, in a similar way as contact lenses, although these are much larger.

Some anesthetizing eye lubricant must be placed in the eye prior to putting in eye shields to protect the eye and reduce the reflex to flinch when the eye shields are being inserted.

Make sure you have the procedure done by a board-certified dermatologist or plastic surgeon with proper training and experience in this procedure.  It is a procedure that can give great results but must be done an experienced physician.

There are special laser eye shields that we use to protect the eyes.  We place a topical anesthetic on the eye, lubricate the eye and insert the shield.  It is a painless procedure.  After the procedure the shields are removed and the eye is irrigated with a balanced salt solution much like contact lens solution.