Blepharoplasty

Blepharoplasty or Tightening Loose Skin around Your Eyes Each year Dr. Marc Taylor sees numerous patients who come to him with droopy skin around their eyes in search of a new youthful look. To help with this he offers the latest in blepharoplasty, which is a surgical procedure that involves tightening loose skin around their eyes. This procedure can be used to reduce bags under the eyes and reduce the levels of puffiness that tend to make you look much older than you are or overly tired. What This

Trending in dermatological surgery, blepharoplasty has seen an uprise in popularity of treatments. In 2011, the USA alone saw more than 147,000 procedures performed, making it the 4th most common surgical operation, and ranking the most popular sought after surgery in Asia. It is most commonly obtained for aesthetic purposes and obtaining a more youthful appearance (Okamoto, 2012; Motaparthi, 2010). Blepharoplasty is defined as surgically reconstructing or repairing either the upper eyelid, lower

such as breast augmentation, facelifts, Blepharoplasty and liposuction, the one common thing is their purpose. Blepharoplasty is another name used for eyelid surgery. Blepharoplasty restores youthful eye qualities by removing excess eyelid skin and fat. Blepharoplasty is undertaken by patients who face the problem of folding eyelids leading to vision problem and ultimately affecting quality of life you see through your eyes. The procedure of Blepharoplasty involves removing excess fat, muscle, and

eyes with no crease, called monolids, are to be unattractive as they make the eyes smaller than what they should be. According to Hua (2015), “Around 50% of the Chinese population is born with monolids, and of these people, many choose to get blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery) to correct this problem” (1). Cosmetic surgery has become common in the country that

whereas; others have discoloration that covers the entire eyelids. Some patients will experience bruising on their cheeks and even their lower face and/or neck. This bruising can occur when small amounts of blood are pulled down by gravity during the blepharoplasty procedure. Bruise colors change throughout the healing process; within one to two days, the bruise will appear purple or blue, eventually turning green and then yellow at the final stage of healing. To reduce swelling, you can apply ice compresses

A Blepharoplasty is a plastic surgery procedure designed to address issues related to the eyelids. The type of eyelid surgery an individual undergoes depends on the issues that need to be addressed. The three Blepharoplasty procedures that Dr. John Michael Thomassen performs at his surgical suite in Fort Lauderdale, near Oakland Park, include: upper eyelid surgery, lower eyelid surgery as well as double eyelid surgery. What issues can Blepharoplasty address? Each eyelid surgery addresses problems

Surgery in Seoul Teenage Plastic Surgery in South Korea The city of Seoul, South Korea is known as the plastic surgery capital of the world at the moment. In the city, wearing makeup starts for most as young as 3rd grade (year 4) and knowing that makes what I am about to tell you a little bit less shocking. The average age to get double eyelid surgery in South Korea is between 17 and 19 years old. Parents even often gift it to their children as high school graduation gifts. Even though it sounds

Humans are social animals by nature. There is an ever-present urge to assimilate into society for personal gain or comfort regardless of a person’s place of birth. Through personal observations, in both the Western and Eastern cultures, the region an individual is raised in does not definitively matter when it concerns physical insecurities or how someone goes about remodeling themselves. Some go about change through adapting their dietary habits and fitness regimes to achieve their ideal body, but

Beauty is NOT pain As we get older we all experience changes in our body, some that we love and others that we could do without. People are born in all shapes and sizes, but why is it that some choose to change that with cosmetic and plastic surgery? What would motivate someone to go through hours of pain just for a new body? With the appearance of more “perfect” looking celebrities in the media, the self-esteem of many women spiral down, especially in Asia. Beauty standards in South Korea are now

In “The Pitfalls of Plastic Surgery,” by Camille Paglia, she argues that American surgeons are being too narrow minded with their work because they use the same models as a representation of what their clients can look like. She suggests that getting plastic surgery has become such a normal thing in America and that society pushes women to get work done in order to get that “perfect” look. Paglia also points out that plastic surgery has “leveled the playing field” with wives and their husbands mistresses