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If you're considering an eyelid lift in San Francisco or eyelid surgery ...
Eyelid surgery can be performed conveniently for anyone
in the Bay area. Blepharoplasty is best suited to men
and women of any age who have healthy facial tissue and
muscles. In arriving at realistic goals for your eyelid
surgery, you should also take into account several key
questions:
- Do
you have any medical eye conditions, such as glaucoma or
dry eyes?
- Have you had a detached
retina?
- Do you have diabetes?
- Do you suffer from
cardiovascular disease or high blood pressure?
- Do you have an under-active
or over-active thyroid?
- Do you suffer from
Graves’ disease?
- Are you a nonsmoker?
- Do you have any medical
conditions that could impair healing from surgery?
- Are you committed to
proper nutrition and a healthy lifestyle, including moderate amounts of physical
exercise?
- Can you fully disclose
your health history to Dr. Mosser, including current medications, your use
of vitamin and herbal supplements, as well as your use of alcohol, tobacco,
and other drugs?
Dr. Mosser performs eyelid surgery in several locations
in San Francisco. Plastic
surgery procedures may be scheduled
for his office at 450 Sutter in Union Square, as well
as California Pacific Medical Center,
and St.
Mary’s
Medical Center in San Francisco.
The specific surgery you will undergo depends on the unique
characteristics of your face, realistic goals that you
and Dr. Mosser have agreed on, and the specific conditions
you want to correct.
For example, drooping upper eyelids typically can be corrected
with an incision along the natural crease of the upper
eyelid. From here Dr. Mosser will reposition fat deposits,
tighten the surrounding muscles and tissue, and remove
excess skin, if necessary. The result is a firmer upper
eyelid contour.
Correcting the lower eyelid, on the other hand, may require
a trans-conjunctival incision, which means that it is hidden
inside the lower lid. From this incision, fat is repositioned
or removed and muscles are tightened. Alternatively, an
incision might be made just below the lower lash line.
And as with surgery on the upper lid, excess fat and skin
may be removed.
According to your specific goals, a mid-face
lift, which
corrects drooping in the cheeks and the creases that form
around the nose to the outer mouth can sometimes be performed
through the same incisions as your eyelid
surgery. A face
lift and neck
lift may likewise be performed at the same
time as your blepharoplasty. San
Francisco has a number
of surgery centers where Dr. Mosser can easily address
these procedures concurrently.
The incision lines in eyelid surgery are hidden within the
natural creases of the eyelid, and often lower eyelid surgery
can be done through the inside of the lower eyelid,
without any external incisions at all.
Learn more about Bay
Area Blepharoplasty Recovery
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