Loosening of the skin with age is naturally seen in the eyelid skin, which is the thinnest and most delicate tissue in the body.
Sometimes it appears only as excess skin, sometimes as bagging as a result of subcutaneous fat tissue herniation. It can be seen only on the upper lid or only on the lower lid or both lids.
Today, eyelid aesthetics can be treated not only with surgery but also with non-surgical methods. Among these, the latest generation plasma energy is most commonly used to achieve a tightening effect on the skin and a lifting effect by stimulating collagen in the subcutaneous tissue. The advantages of non-surgical plasma applications are that they are applied in a short time without hospitalization, entering the operating room, loss of labor force, incisionless and bleeding risk. After the procedure, there is edema, redness and crusting for a few days. It is necessary to use concealer and moisturizer to protect from the sun for 2-3 weeks. Repeatable applications.
In cases that are too advanced to recover with plasma energy, the treatment method is surgery. Surgeries are performed under local anesthesia, it is critical to determine the excess skin by marking before surgery and to determine the amount of skin to be removed.
In both upper and lower lid aesthetics, the main principle is to hide the incision scar by making the incisions on the upper lid fold and on the lower lid close to the ciliated edge or inside the lid.
During this type of surgery, it is important to control bleeding and apply ice afterwards. There may be temporary edema and redness for a few days.
One of the most critical points before upper lid surgery is the detection and correction of the accompanying eyebrow ptosis, which we call eyebrow ptosis. Otherwise, after upper lid surgery to be applied to a patient with eyebrow ptosis, the distance between the eyebrows and eyelashes will be very narrow, resulting in a sad, tired and unaesthetic result.
