Eyelid Bag Surgery Dubai | Blepharoplasty Dubai

With age, the upper eyelid can droop as the excess skin increases and can be uncomfortable. This is usually considered partially a medical condition as it can affect visual sites and can be usually described as ‘heavy’ eyelid which is need of a functional blepharoplasty. Female patients also discuss how it can be difficult to use eyeshadow in the right eyelid creases requiring cosmetic eyelid correction. A simple procedure is performed to remove the excess skin on the upper eyelid, creating more youthful contours around the eyes and making the face look fresher.

With the lower eye, as the years go by, the fat that was held back the muscle surrounding the eye gets weaker and weaker due to genetics and lifestyle. This results in larger and larger eye bags, which can make the face look permanently tired. In these cases a lower eyelid surgery is needed, were we remove the protruding fat and patients look less tired and fresher.

Where will The Surgery be Performed?

The upper eyelid surgery takes place as a day case in a hospital under sedation, which is not to be mistaken with general anaesthesia. The eyelid procedure will take place with intravenous sedation, where you will feel no pain, and you will sleep throughout the operation.  Our patients, after this procedure, will return home the same day, usually 3 – 4 hours post-surgery.

The Blepharoplasty Dubai Surgery

In the week prior to your surgery, we will advise you to declare all medications that is part of your routine, and we also advise you to stop taking medications containing asprin as these products affect the blood clotting mechanism leading to excessive bleeding.  We ask patients also to avoid taking high doses of Vitamin E, garlic and alcohol in the week leading up to the operation.

To help with the healing process, we ask patients to stop smoking two weeks prior to the surgery as well as post-surgery, as smoking restricts blood flow especially in the smaller capillaries and other vital blood vessels.  Good blood flow supports a better recovery process.

The Procedure

The surgery will take place in a day-care centre or hospital.  The operation will take between 45 mins to 1.5 hours dependent if you are doing upper and lower eye lids or both.

Upper Eyelid 

Blepharoplasty Dubai – During the surgery, the surgeon will make an incision along the crease of the upper eyelid and remove the excess skin.  Extremely fine stitches are then used to close the incisions and steri-strip plasters are added on top to protect them.  These strips remain for 3 days.