What is the best upper eyelid surgery?
The best upper eyelid surgery is carefully designed for your specific set of eyes and even takes into account differences between each of your eyes. A well-performed surgery can accomplish many goals, including the removal of excess fatty tissue and loose eyelid skin that may make the eye appear droopy, small, or tired. This can also increase peripheral vision and improve the eyelid crease through redefinition. We often see related problems develop with age, so correcting them can give the face a renewed appearance associated with...
read moreHaving Surgery at UCLA
When you are looking for the best facial cosmetic surgery available, consider having your surgery performed at UCLA. The Ronald Regan UCLA Medical Center is world-renowned as as on of the leading medical centers in the world with excellence in patient care, compassion, scientific and medical leadership, and some of the finest physicians in the world who are truly experts in their fields. You have a choice where you have surgery. It only makes sense to have surgery at a leading medical center with its vast resources. You may be...
read moreCan IPL help my dry eye?
A recent report suggests that intense pulsed light treatment, or IPL, may help in treating dry eye syndrome. For now this treatment remains unproven, but still it is improbable that this is an effective solution. This recent report follows only one person in a case study rather than a controlled experiment, providing insufficient evidence from which to draw a conclusion about the this method’s efficacy. While it is always worthwhile to look into new scientific possibilities, it’s equally important to distinguish between reliable...
read moreCan I have eyelid surgery if I smoke?
The short answer is, yes, you can have eyelid surgery if you smoke. Should you smoke? For your health, you absolutely should not smoke, but you probably already know that. However, the reality is that quitting is difficult, while many smokers can benefit from eyelid surgery. With no direct conflict between smoking and eyelid surgery, in most cases we can safely perform cosmetic surgery a smoker’s eyelids. Decisions about eyelid surgery of course should be considered on a case-by-case basis, but if you are a good candidate for...
read moreFixing Canthal Surgery
When you have had a disappointing eyelid surgery experience, it can be challenging to trust a new doctor and make the decision to pursue revisional eyelid surgery. At the same time, it is difficult to live with unsatisfactory or disfiguring results. If you are considering having revisional lateral canthal surgery, here are a few items for you to think about before you make a final decision. No surgery is without some risks. However doing your home work to research the best doctors who specializes in oculoplastic surgery, maintains a...
read moreHelp for Ptosis after Blepharoplasty
Eyebrow and eyelid ptosis is the most common reasons people seek revision eyelid surgery after blepharoplasty. In most cases, this is not an urgent concern or an emergency, although it is still important and can be a source of disappointment following surgery. These issues are relatively common after eyelid surgery. Some degree of eyebrow ptosis is normal and occurs in 100% of cases. It becomes a problem when it in someway reduces the apparent benefits of the surgery. True upper eyelid ptosis following eyelid surgery is more...
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