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After eyelid surgery, for the first few days it is ideal to sleep on your back, with your head elevated in order to decrease swelling, however, if you accidentally turn over during the night, and lie on your side, you are very unlikely to have any negative side effects from this.

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The answer is no. The contemporary approach we use with blepharoplasty should not change the shape of the eye at all. Unfortunately techniques used many years ago had a reputation for changing the shape of the eye but this is just not the case when the surgery is performed by a contemporary and competent facial plastic surgeon.

Answer: For patients with droopy upper eyes, ti can be a complex issue. Typically, the excess skin that is hanging over the upper eyelid is addressed by an upper eyelid blepharoplasty (eyelid tuck). The tissue that is hanging down upward of the eye and drooping or crowding the upper eyelid field can extend from the brow toward the temple area and to address that area typically involves a browlift. In our practice we do the browlift by an endoscopic approach, which is a minimally invasive approach and we have used this for over 15 years. Most patients still benefit from an upper eyelid blepharoplasty and we typically include that as part of the procedure and there is no additional charge to the patient for that since that is usually necessary. The bottom line is when someone has a heavy brow we do not want to overdue the upper eyelid to compensate for the brow, but we want to address each area accordingly.

Answer: With an upper and lower eyelid blepharoplasty, the incisions are made close to the eyelashes but do not affect the eyelashes. We typically ask patients not to wear make-up for approximately one week. The fine sutures are removed from the incision area at about day #6 and we allow patients to wear make-up approximately one day after removal of the sutures.