Eye Lid Lift Patient #12

This is a 64-year old woman from Chicago who was unhappy with the appearance of her eyes, feeling they made her appear tired. She was particularly bothered by the skin folds of the upper eyelids and the puffiness and wrinkles of the lower eyelids. Upon physical examination she was noted to have excess skin of the upper lids and protrusion of the fat pads along both the upper and lower eyelids. The patient decided to proceed with an upper and lower eyelid lift procedure (blepharoplasty) with Fractionated CO2 laser resurfacing around the eyes. For the upper eyelids, Dr. Sweis removed the excess skin, a small strip of muscle and a minimal amount of fat along the 2 fat pads that rest along the upper aspect of the orbit. For the lower eyelids, the incision was made inside the lower lid (transconjunctival eye lid lift), the protruding fat was repositioned along the tear trough to address some of the hollowness along the tear trough, with a minimal amount of fat removed.

Only a minimal amount of fat was removed from the three lower lid fat pads to minimize the potential for hollowness around the eyes which occurs with aging shape of the eyes. Her postoperative photos were taken 16 months following upper and lower eye lid lift with CO2 Laser Resurfacing around her eyes.