Upper eyelid
Upper eyelid surgery removes loose skin, and sometimes a strip of muscle and fat, from the upper lids. It treats hooded, heavy lids and, when the skin blocks the upper field of vision, it can be a covered medical operation.
Upper eyelid procedures
Each page covers what the operation treats, how it is done, the evidence, the risks and the recovery, with a PubMed link on every claim.
Upper blepharoplasty
Upper blepharoplasty removes excess skin from the upper eyelids, with or without a strip of orbicularis muscle and some fat. It is for adults with redundant upper lid skin, which can restrict the upper field of vision…
Hollow upper eyelid and fat grafting
A hollow, or sunken, upper eyelid is loss of soft tissue volume between the eyelid crease and the orbital rim, producing a deep superior sulcus instead of a smooth, full lid; it follows aging volume loss, bony orbital…
Male blepharoplasty
Male blepharoplasty removes or repositions excess upper or lower eyelid tissue in men, using the same core techniques as blepharoplasty in women but aimed at preserving a flat, low-set brow and full eyelid rather than…
Blepharoplasty by age
Eyelid surgery is requested across roughly a 70-year age span, from healthy adults in their 30s with familial fat prominence and no skin excess to patients in their 80s with severe involutional ptosis and reduced…
Eyelid and periorbital skin resurfacing
Periorbital skin resurfacing treats wrinkles, crepey texture, and photodamage around the eyes with ablative CO2 laser, erbium:YAG laser, or a trichloroacetic acid (TCA) or phenol chemical peel, applied to skin that…
Upper eyelid research by topic
PubMed papers tagged by topic, newest first on each topic page.
Upper blepharoplasty
Upper blepharoplasty removes excess upper eyelid skin, and sometimes muscle and fat, through a crease incision.
Laser and resurfacing
These papers combine blepharoplasty with laser resurfacing, chemical peels or radiofrequency on the eyelid skin.
Orbital fat
Orbital fat papers remove, preserve or graft the fat pads of the upper eyelid for a hollow or heavy lid.
Fillers
Filler papers treat eyelid and periorbital hollowing with hyaluronic acid and other injectable fillers.
Male blepharoplasty
Male blepharoplasty papers cover eyelid anatomy, incision placement and outcomes specific to men.