How Do I Get Rid of Hooded Eyelids? (photo)

Eyelid surgery, or blepharoplasty, is a beautiful procedure that yields excellent results and should be custom tailored in every aspect to your individual goals, needs, and anatomy. 
From your perspective as a patient, this surgery is very stealth with relatively simple recovery. From the standpoint of your surgeon this is a very intricate, detailed and fun surgery to perform where assessment and planning are everything!
Blepharoplasty has come a long way and become much more modern in recent years, focusing more on long-term results than just on taking away as much skin and fat as possible. This modern approach yields a much more natural look with much more satisfying long-term results. 
Blepharoplasty will address sagging skin, displaced, bulging fat and excess muscle. Occasionally areas around the eyes, like the eyebrows and sometimes even cheeks, need to be addressed to give a harmonious and comprehensive result.
There are non-surgical alternatives to blepharoplasty, including laser resurfacing, Botox, fillers, brow lifting and others, but which of those are applicable to you will be dependent, and a discussion with your surgeon can help delineate those options.
To ensure you are receiving the highest level of care, seek out a modernly trained, new-school dermatologic surgeon, oculoplastic surgeon, facial plastic surgeon or plastic surgeon who is board certified and fellowship trained in one of these "core four" cosmetic specialties. Membership in organizations like the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery help to identify a highly trained surgeon.
Cameron Chesnut #realself Hall of Fame Physician

Heavy eyelids are caused by one of two issues.

# 1 Excess or protruded skin, fat and muscle of the upper eyelid

# 2 Decent of the brow leading to a heavy feeling of the upper lids

Each of these has a different treatment option.

For excess skin and/or muscle we can do an upper eyelid blepharoplasty with removal of the excess. If it is the fat protruding we can remove or reposition this fat. 

If the brow is the culprit we will can raise the brow either surgically with a forehead lift or nonsurgically with fillers, botox and/or fat transfer. These are all good options. You are young, often young people do very well with fat transfer.

Hope this helps.

Best of luck.

Dr.C

Facial aging affects the entire face, but no where is it more noticeable than the area around the eyes. Aging of the soft tissue in this area not only makes us look older, but can change how we're perceived. Excess eyelid skin can make us look tired and less energetic, while brow descent can make us look serious and even angry. For these reasons, brow lift and blepharoplasty are commonly requested cosmetic procedures.Although your pictures are helpful, it's virtually impossible to make a specific recommendation without a physical exam. It's safe to say that any given patient may need blepharoplasty, brow lift or both procedures. Therefore, it's important that a careful analysis be performed by a board certified plastic surgeon before surgery is undertaken. By utilizing this approach, results are optimized.Your pictures suggest that you would most likely benefit from blepharoplasty surgery. There's also a distinct possibility that brow lift surgery would be appropriate as well. For these reasons, it's appropriate that you consult a board certified plastic surgeon with experience performing this type of procedure.