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What Is A Blepharoplasty? Upper & Lower Eyelid Surgery Explained
With Dr. Diana Ponsky
Chapter 1 of 1 · Fundamentals
Blepharoplasty overview
Definition and technique of blepharoplasty
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What the experts said
A blepharoplasty is any surgery to enhance the look of the eyes.
Blepharoplasty procedures can be separated into upper and lower eyelid surgery.
Upper blepharoplasty involves removing extra skin, sometimes extra muscle, and extra fat that have accumulated in the medial corner of the eye.
Over time, eyelid tissues drop, causing extra folds and obscuring the natural eyelid crease.
The goal of blepharoplasty is to allow youthful eye contours to show again.