Brighten Up Your Eyes with Eyelid Surgery

Our eyes are definitely one of the most striking features of our face and the one aspect that other people first notice about us. If we are tired, disturbed, anxious, excited, confused or joyful, all these feelings reflect in our eyes and serve as faithful mirrors of our inner selves. For this reason, the area surrounding the eyes deserves extra care and attention so that the eyes always look bright and youthful.

However, with advancing age, the loss of skin elasticity that affects the entire body is also evident in the eye area in the form of under eye bags. To eliminate this baggy skin and regain the smooth and firm texture of your under eye area, it would be a good idea to consider eyelid surgery in Maryland.

More about eye lift

Also called blepharoplasty or eye lift, an eyelid surgery has been basically designed to eliminate baggy skin from below the lower eye lids to improve the appearance of eyes. The procedure may also be performed for non-cosmetic reasons. Some people face the issue of excess skin on the upper eyelids that can droop down and affect their vision. Eyelift surgery offers an excellent solution in such cases by removing excess skin and ensuring a definite improvement in sight.

It is essential to be aware that the procedure is not designed to help reduce crow’s feet, wrinkles, or dark circles in the eye area. It will however effectively eliminate loose skin beneath the eyes and brighten up the eye area. Very often, eyelid surgery in Maryland is performed as a part of facelift, laser resurfacing, or forehead lift.

What causes under eye bags?

As you progress in age, there is a marked reduction in the production of collagen in your skin. Since collagen gives skin its characteristic elasticity, firmness, and smoothness, decrease in collagen levels indicate a definite loss of elasticity that can make the skin sag. This change in the skin’s texture coupled with gravitational pull causes the skin to sag downwards, beneath the eyes. While the skin below the lower eyelids form ‘bags’, the skin above upper eyelids sag down, disrupting normal vision.

There is another reason too for the formation of under eye bags. There is a layer of fat that offers a padding effect to eyeballs to protect it from the skull. This fat is held within a thin membrane. This delicate membrane loses its elasticity as you advance in age, leading to the fat slowly progressing towards the upper and lower eyelids.