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Eyelid surgery in older age

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Eyelid surgery in older age

Eyelid surgery is more common as we get older. Our skin becomes more droopy and blocks our vision with age. Many patients wonder if they are too old to undergo surgery. Eyelid surgery is performed on patients of all ages, depending on how the problem is affecting their quality of life and if they are healthy enough to undergo the mild anesthesia used.

How old is too old for eyelid surgery?

We see patients of all ages for eyelid surgery. Many have ...

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Does facial plastic surgery make you look younger?

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Does facial plastic surgery make you look younger?

Facial plastic surgery: Does it make you look younger or more attractive?

A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association: Facial Plastic Surgery looked at how much younger people appeared after certain facial plastic surgery procedures. It involved one rater looking at before pictures and guessing the patient’s age and rating their attractiveness. A different rater did the same with the after photos and the results were compared. On average, the patients ...

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Lower eyelid blepharoplasty: What are the best techniques available?

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Lower eyelid blepharoplasty: What are the best techniques available?

In our office, we see people everyday who are dissatisfied with the appearance of their lower eyelids and are seeking lower eyelid blepharoplasty. Whether it be due to bags that have formed or deep tear trough lines, the lower eyelids can make give us a tired or even ill appearance. We’ve written before about lower eyelid bags and shadows and it is important to figure out if your problem can ...

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Humanitarian surgery trip: Yerevan, Armenia

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Humanitarian surgery trip: Yerevan, Armenia

Humanitarian Surgery Trip: Yerevan, Armenia

Yerevan, Armenia, the site of our latest humanitarian surgery trip, is a city of about 1.5 million people located in one of the oldest regions of human civilization. The country sits on the north border of Iran, the east border of Turkey, the west border of Azerbaijan and the south border of Georgia. It has been continuously inhabited since early Old Testament times and was the first country to adopt Christianity as ...

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Earlobe gauges: Reversal may be on the rise as the trend dies out.

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We’ve all done things to our look that down the road we regret. A bad haircut or perm, rocking the blue eye shadow a little too hard, countless fashion choices that expired days after they were hot. But for some choices, a change is more difficult than just changing your wardrobe or letting your hair grow out. Ear gauges have been trendy for several years now, with some taking it to extremes creating massively stretched out lobes. Many people choose ...

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Drooping brows: You have lots of options - Which one is right for you?

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Often when people come to our office complaining that their eyelids are sagging, they actually have a drooping forehead and brows. This downward sliding skin causes the upper eyelid to look especially redundant and fold over the eye. Many times, especially in men, the brow hairs are down at the level of the eyelashes and the brows block out their entire upper visual field. Simply raising the forehead without even touching the eyelids corrects most of the problem and dramatically ...

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