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By Mayo Clinic staffYou might consider blepharoplasty if drooping or sagging eyelids keep your eyes from opening completely or pull your lower eyelids down. Removing excess tissue from your upper eyelids, lower eyelids or both can improve vision and make your eyes appear younger and more alert. Blepharoplasty may be an option if you have:
- Baggy or puffy upper eyelids
- Excess skin of the upper eyelid that interferes with your vision
- Droopy lower eyelids, which may cause white to show below the iris (colored part of the eye)
- Excess skin on lower eyelids
- Bags under your eyes
Blepharoplasty can be performed at the same time as another procedure, such as a brow lift, face-lift or skin resurfacing. If you have the surgery only to improve your appearance, the cost probably won't be covered by insurance.
- Kim EJ, et al. Blepharoplasty. In: Lalwani AK. Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw Hill Medical, 2008. http://www.accessmedicine.com/content.aspx?aid=2833075. Accessed June 12, 2009.
- Surgery of the eyelids. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. http://www.aafprs.org/patient/procedures/blepharoplasty.html. Accessed June 12, 2009.
- Eyelid surgery for women. American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Accessed June 12, 2009.
- Trussler AP, et al. MOC-PS CME article: Blepharoplasty. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2008;121:1.
