An Overview of Ptosis Blepharoplasty

An excess of skin or fat in the upper or lower eyelid, is also known by Baggy eyes / Dermatochalasis, this type of condition may need surgical correction for their comfort, cosmetic and visual reason. This surgical treatment is known by blepharoplasty. The term Blepharoplasty is combined with a term ptosis when the edge of upper eyelid droops is closer to pupil in the combination or separation of baggy eyes then this combined known as Ptosis Blepharoplasty.

       The reasons of dermatochalasis are many but one and most important reason is increasing age. This comes into action when due to increasing age of a person the connecting tissues become weak and due to this weakness they start losing elasticity and which will create droops in upper/lower eyelid. Along with this the other reasons are tension, thyroid disorder, any type of medical injuries or fluid release and stretching of delicate skin of eyelid. When the cases of droops in upper eyelid, the actual margin of upper eyelid drop is nearly close or almost cover the pupil which create the condition of Ptosis Blepharoplasty. Due to fluid retention or a forward rupture in smooth muscle tissue will create puffiness in eyelid or a normal fat around the eyes. This fat around the eyes make the person helpless into raise the eyebrows due to which person experience tiredness mainly in forehead and muscular exhaustion. This overhanging skin in upper eyelid may cause intervention in vision either in side or above the eyebrows. More problem rise when we want to raise eyebrow to see more clearly or down to read something. The same factors are involved for the lower eyelid droops. The lower eyelid is hanging towards the nose and ear tendon, which looks like a hammock is hanging. If one or both the eyelid droops due to above mentioned reasons, this will create pulling of tears in eyes due to eyelid droops touching the cornea or sometime make the eyes dry due to exposure of delicate surface in air. The fat below or above the eyelids will create puffy and tired eyes. This puffiness or tiredness can be resolved by blepharoplasty or more specifically Ptosis Blepharoplasty.