Patient education
Upper Blepharoplasty: Guides
Written for someone deciding about their own eyelids rather than studying the subject. Telling excess skin from a low lid margin and a descended brow, how much skin a lid can spare, the crease height, what removal does to lid closure, the hollow lid that over-resection leaves, and the honest refusals.
All guides
12 guides
- Am I a Candidate for Upper Eyelid Surgery?Candidacy
- Skin, Ptosis or Brow: What Is Actually Drooping?Deciding
- Who Should Not Have Upper Eyelid SurgeryCandidacy
- What Upper Eyelid Surgery Changes, and What It Does NotExpectations
- The Crease Height Decision and Who Should Make ItDeciding
- Dry Eye, Blinking and the Lid That Will Not CloseRisks
- Too Much Skin Removed: The Hollow Upper LidRevision
- The First Month After Upper Eyelid Surgery, Week by WeekRecovery
- What Upper Lid Surgery Cannot RestoreLimits
- Alternatives to Upper Eyelid Surgery, Including Doing NothingAlternatives
- Questions to Ask Before Upper Eyelid SurgeryPreparation
- When to Say No to Upper Eyelid SurgeryDeciding
Start with the measurement, not the operation
Arrange an assessment. We will measure how much skin your lid can spare with the brow held in its resting position, check how completely the lid closes and how the tear film behaves, and say plainly whether the finding is skin, a descended brow or a low lid margin — including when the honest answer is not to operate.