What is ptosis surgery?

Some people suffer from ptosis in which the eyelids clearly decrease in one or both eyes. This can prevent vision and at the same time affect the appearance of the patient, and therefore it is often desirable surgery of ptosis lids. This procedure, which is also often called bleparoplasty, involves tightening the muscles responsible for lifting the eyelids. In some cases, the lid is connected directly below the eyebrows, allowing the front muscles to lift the lid. This is usually an outpatient procedure that requires the use of local anesthetic drops and the dissolution of the stitches.

In most cases, ptosis lid surgery begins after a local anesthetic decrease is given to the patient to anest the upper eyelid. The surgeon usually makes a cut where the lid naturally returns to have access to the levator muscle, which is in charge of increasing the lid. This muscle is shortened and then the cut is closed with melted stitches. In some serious cases of shortening the levator Muscle is not useful, it requires the eyelids to go around the muscles and instead wouldLA connected directly below the eyebrows. In this way, the muscles on the forehead increase the eyelids.

During the recovery process, patients usually have an eye pad that is worn over the affected area for the first two days. The doctor can also offer instructions to maintain clean and dry eye when he gets recovered to avoid spoil. In addition, antibiotic ointments and lubricating eye drops are often administered, which is usually instructed to use one to three weeks after surgery of ptosis eyelids. During this time, the eyelids may be swollen and as long as the inflammation is dispersed, the results may not be obvious. In fact, the final results are often not seen up to about three to six weeks after the surgery of the ptosis eyelids.

One of the main risks of this procedure involves an infection of the lid, which is an aspolical risk of any type of surgery. In some cases, surgery of the eyelid ptosis may lead to excessive correction, which is fromAnd the consequence too short muscle, while others require further procedure because the muscle has not been sufficiently reduced. In addition, some patients find themselves able to close the eye completely, which can be either temporary or permanent. In fact, some patients may be able to move the lid after surgery, although this complication is rare. Finally, correction of only one lid can cause that the slight devotion of the other eyelid is more evident than before, sometimes it requires a slight change to this lid.