What should I know if I'm considering blepharoplasty?

Before receiving blepharoplasty consider nonsurgical options and surgical options. Within surgical options you and your doctor will need to discuss the eyebrow position well as the eyelid. Learn more from Jeremy Warner, MD, about blepharoplasty.

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Again, the first thing I want them to consider is will Botox or fillers do anything to improve the eyelid appearance?

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Because if it is, it's something that I want to offer patients so that they may be able to avoid surgery if they're not

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quite ready for that yet. [MUSIC PLAYING]

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Blepharoplasty is a procedure to rejuvenate the eyelid appearance to restore a more youthful appearance to the face.

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In general, there's three major things that I want patients to consider when they're considering having something like this done.

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The first thing I want them to consider is what are the non-surgical options. The second thing is, what are the surgical options.

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And the third thing is, within surgical options, we need to discuss their eyebrow position as well as the eyelids. This is something that most patients don't really

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think about when they go in for a consultation. Again, the first thing I want them to consider is will Botox or fillers do anything

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to improve the eyelid appearance. Because if it is, it's something that I want to offer patients so that they may be able to avoid surgery if they're not

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quite ready for that yet. The other thing that I want patients to know is what are the options if they're going to have a surgical eyelid lift.

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There are different techniques that can be done making scars on the outside of the eyelid or on the inside of the eyelid and there are also

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techniques that can either get rid of fat around the eyes or move it around. And it's very important to discuss this with patients

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to figure out what's best for them. Again, the third important thing that patients really need to think about and discuss with their surgeon

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is what is the function and position of the eyebrow and how does that relate to your eyelid appearance?

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Because what most patients don't realized that a lot of times when you have heavy, sad looking eyes that need to be rejuvenated,

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the eyebrow plays a major role in making things better. And a lot of times, I will recommend

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that a patient have surgery not only on the eyelids themselves but also on the eyebrows in order to give them the best overall appearance.