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Blepharoplasty: Austin Residents’ Top 5 Reasons for Choosing an Eyelid Lift

Your eyes are the most expressive feature on your face. By widening, narrowing, or rolling your eyes, you can communicate so many messages without saying a single word. However, what happens when your eyes convey a message that doesn’t represent the way you feel?

Because of their expressiveness, the eyes are often the first area on your face to show the signs of aging. And when you grow older, your eyelid skin can begin to droop, making you look sad, tired, or otherwise unapproachable. For many people, cosmetic eyelid surgery, also called blepharoplasty, is an easy way to revitalize their eyes and help them feel better about themselves.

Here are the most common reasons patients in Austin seek to get a blepharoplasty surgery with Dr. Malena Amato. 

1. People Often Ask You If You Are Feeling OK

Sagging upper eyelid skin can give your eyes a hooded appearance, whereas aging lower eyelid skin can create the look of heavy bags under your eyes. Both conditions can make you appear fatigued or constantly worried, no matter how you may feel on the inside. An upper eyelid lift, lower eyelid lift, or both can reverse these issues and provide a more refreshed appearance with eyes that look brighter and more open.

2. Your Vision Has Become Partially Obscured

When your upper eyelids droop, they can affect more than just your appearance. In many cases, your eyelid skin can become lax enough to hang over your eyes, impairing your peripheral vision by making it difficult to see out of the corners of your eyes.

That narrowed field of vision can impact many areas of your life, but the most common complaints are challenges with reading and driving. An eyelid lift can restore your enjoyment and capacity in both of these activities. Obscured or impaired vision may make you a medically-qualified candidate for blepharoplasty, which could mean your health insurance might cover a portion of the costs.

3. You No Longer Have a Prominent Eyelid Crease

One side effect of drooping eyelids is a loss of the natural crease in your eyelid. When sagging tissue begins to pull your upper eyelid down, that crease can easily disappear, making you look prematurely aged.

If you have lost your eyelid crease, you may struggle to put on eye makeup without it smudging. Your problem can eventually become advanced enough that your excess eyelid skin hides your eyelashes. 

4. The Surgery Is Highly Customizable

If you’re aging more quickly than you’d like, a blepharoplasty is a precise approach to creating brighter, younger-looking eyes. It’s an outpatient surgery that typically takes under an hour to perform. You can choose to have surgery done on both your upper and lower lids if you are concerned about the overall appearance of your eyes. You might also want to combine your eyelid lift with another surgical procedure such as a brow lift, or a minimally-invasive option such as a liquid facelift, for more dramatic results. 

5. There’s a Relatively Short Recovery Period

Eyelid surgery is a low-risk, high-reward procedure with long-lasting outcomes. After surgery, the most common side effects are mild bruising and swelling, which are easy to manage with ice packs. If you feel any discomfort, you can minimize it with over-the-counter pain medication. To avoid eye strain during your recovery, you will need to steer clear of reading or watching TV in favor of entertainment such as audiobooks or listening to music.

Austin’s Leading Eyelid Lift Surgeon

There’s no shortage of reasons to get eyelid surgery, but perhaps the most important to consider is that it’s something nice you can do for yourself. Maybe you’re looking to re-enter the dating market and you need a self-esteem boost. Or, perhaps you’re embarking on a new job search and want to make yourself look more vital and competitive. Regardless of your reasons, eyelid surgery can give you a boost in confidence and put some extra pep in your step.

This list of the top five reasons our patients come to us seeking cosmetic eyelid surgery is by no means exhaustive. Your motivation for getting an eyelid lift is surely as unique as you are. Dr. Amato uses her extensive experience with oculoplastic surgery to make sure your outward appearance matches how energetic and friendly you feel on the inside. If you’re ready to schedule your consultation to discuss this procedure, contact us today.