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Things to Expect Before, During And After Eyelid Surgery

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Double eyelid surgery Orange County in California is a type of surgery meant to repair droopy eyelids. The surgery may involve removing muscle, fat and excess skin. As you grow older, the muscles supporting your eyelids will weaken. Excess fat may gather below or above your eyelids and this will cause sagging eyebrows, bags under your eyes and droopy upper eyelids.

Severely sagging skin around your eyes will make you look older than you are and reduce your side vision. Eyelid surgery can reduce these problems and make you appear younger. To help you make the right decision concerning eyelid surgery, find out what to expect during the surgery.

Before the procedure

Eyelid surgery is done in an outpatient setting. A surgeon will inject a numbing medication into your lids and administer intravenous medication to keep you relaxed.

During the surgery

   The best eyelid surgery in Orange County California involves your surgeon working on your upper eyelids first. The surgeon will cut along the fold of your eyelid and remove the excess skin, fat and muscle and close the cut. The surgeon will make a cut below your eyelashes on the lower lid. He will then remove or redistribute excess muscle, fat and sagging skin and then close the cut. If your upper lids droop close to the pupil, your eyelid surgeon may do eyelid surgery with Ptosis. This will provide additional support to the muscle of your eyebrow.

After the procedure

After the double eyelid surgery Orange County in California, you will spend some time in the recovery room. In the recovery room, your doctor will monitor you for any complications. If there are no complications, you can be discharged to recuperate at home. You may temporarily experience double vision, blurred vision, light sensitivity, swelling and bruising, numb or puffy eyelids and pain or discomfort after the surgery.