A half-century anniversary is a special milestone in a person’s life. Signs that youth is leaving can scary us. But the desire to look attractive still remains. The eyes reveal one’s real age, that’s why surgical correction gives an opportunity to improve significantly one’s appearance.
In Europe, blepharoplasty is most often performed on women under 50 years of age, who want to look younger and have their eyelids tightened a little.
In patients after 50, age-related changes become visible. Their speed and intensity is influenced by heredity, the structure of the eyes, lifestyle and ecology.
1.What is blepharoplasty:
Blepharoplasty is a plastic surgery to remove excess skin and fatty tissue from the upper or lower eyelid or to change the incision of the eyes. With blepharoplasty you can permanently get rid of fat hernias (those same bags), lift the corners of the eyes, make the eyes a little bigger or change their shape.
This plastic surgery in patients after 50 years of age has its own characteristics due to age-related changes in the periorbital area:
- Severe eyelid laxity
- Thin blood vessels
- Decreased metabolic rate
- Appearance of excess eyelid skin
- Decreased elasticity of tissue
- Weakening of the muscles of the upper and lower eyelids
Indications for blepharoplasty:
- Ptosis and bags under the eyes;
- Fine and deep wrinkles;
- tired look;
- The desire to correct defects on the eyelids;
- The desire to change the shape or shape of the eyes;
- drooping corners of the eyes.
Contraindications:
- Blood clotting problems;
- taking anticoagulants;
- heart attack or stroke;
- Retinal detachment;
- heart problems;
- diabetes mellitus;
- cancerous tumors;
- systemic diseases;
- Chronic kidney or liver failure;
- menstruation;
- Pregnancy and lactation.
Non-specific factors that make it impossible to perform the surgery include:
- inflammatory processes of the skin around the eyelids;
- Dry eye syndrome;
- Deep scarring around the temple;
- myopia;
- conjunctivitis;
- blepharospasm or glaucoma.
The postoperative recovery period in patients after 50 has its own peculiarities:
In the first days after surgery, swelling is observed: this is a natural reaction of the body. Swelling can be reduced by doing phonophoresis and microcurrent therapy in the cosmetology department of Dr. Ignatiev Clinic.
Patients must also adhere to certain rules for the fastest rehabilitation after blepharoplasty:
- Exclude strain on the eyes and eyelids (reading, computer, TV, contact lenses, bright light);
- give up smoking and alcohol (to avoid large edemas), and avoid salty foods;
- Sleep only on your back, using a high pillow;
- Replace contact lenses for a month with glasses;
- avoid tilting your head;
- protect the eyelids and eyes from external influences (wind, bright light, cosmetics, soap);
- Carefully perform special exercises for the eyes.
- The rehabilitation period lasts 7 to 10 days, in patients after 50 it can be longer up to 15-20 days.
The result will be visible immediately after the surgery, but the final effect will only be evident in 1-2 months. Compliance with the rules of care for the skin of the eyelids will keep it as long as possible, sometimes this period is more than ten years.
Both in young and in older age it is very important to make every effort to keep the result achieved through plastic surgery for a long time. To do this, you need to actively care for your skin: regular courses of hardware rejuvenation, injections of fillers, lymph drainage massage … To apply for the selection of the most appropriate procedures to the cosmetologists at Dr. Ignatiev Clinic and develop a comprehensive plan to preserve your beauty – certainly the right decision.