Question:
I feel I am much too young to have droopy eyes. The drooping area is below my eyebrow and it sags down over my eyes, particularly my left eye. What is the cure for this, blepharoplasty or a brow lift?
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.
About the Author: Dr. Edwin Williams
Dr. Edwin Williams is a double board-certified facial plastic surgeon who founded The Williams Center in 1993. He has performed over 10,000 facial plastic surgery procedures and has pioneered the deep plane facelift. He served on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery for over a decade, and served as President from 2015-2016. In 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, Dr. Williams earned the Castle Connelly Top Doctors award in New York Facial Plastic Surgery.
Dr. Edwin F. Williams III attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1982. He began medical school at the State University of Buffalo School of Medicine and received his Doctor of Medicine in 1986.
Dr. Williams is actively involved in teaching facial plastic and reconstruction surgery to the residents of the Albany Medical Center and is former Chief of the Section of Facial and Plastic Reconstruction Surgery at Albany Medical Center where he received an academic appointment of Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery.