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Blepharoplasty may be performed under twilight sedation or full anaesthesia. These options will be discussed with your surgeon. The surgery usually takes one to three hours if you're having all four eyelids done, or half that time if you are only having upper or lower eyelid surgery alone. Usually, the surgeon makes incisions following the natural lines of your eyelids, that is, in the creases of your upper lids, and just below the lashes in the lower lids. The incisions may extend into the crow's feet or laugh lines at the outer corners of your eyes. Working through these incisions, the surgeon separates the skin from underlying fatty tissue and muscle, removes excess fat and trims sagging skin. The muscle may be trimmed or tightened with sutures. The incisions are then closed with very fine sutures.

Surgical scars will be situated in the upper eyelid crease or just under the lower lashes, and therefore be inconspicuous.

If you have a pocket of fat beneath your lower eyelids but don't need to have any skin removed, your surgeon may perform a transconjunctival blepharoplasty. With this procedure the incision is made inside your lower eyelid, leaving no visible scar. Sutures are not usually required. This approach is more suitable for younger patients with thicker, more elastic skin and has a more rapid recovery period.