Blepharoplasty (Eyelid
Surgery)
 Several factors such as ageing, sun damage, smoking, stretching and obesity can cause the eyelids to droop and sag as the supporting tissues deteriorate. This area is often one of the first to deteriorate, as the skin of the eyelid is thinner than the rest of the face. Eyelids that droop or bulge can cause people to appear much older or fatigued than they actually are.
Blepharoplasty is a surgical procedure that improves the appearance of the upper and lower eyelids by tightening muscles and tissue or removing excess
skin.
How Is A Blepharoplasty Performed?
The blepharoplasty procedure is performed under local anesthesia with sedation or general anesthesia. Patients may choose to have this procedure on their upper or lower eyelids, or both. Depending on these choices, the procedure can take anywhere from 1-2 hours.
If the upper eyelid is being treated, an incision is made along the natural crease of the eyelid. Once the incision is made, Dr. Cheng may reposition fat deposits, tighten muscles and tissue or remove excess skin in order to leave the eye looking younger and refreshed. For the lower eyelid, an incision is made just below the lash line in order for excess skin to be removed.
After the procedure is performed, the incisions are closed with sutures and usually covered with a thin tape to protect the suture line and allow the area to heal.
What Is The Recovery From A Blepharoplasty Like?
After the blepharoplasty procedure, Dr. Cheng recommends applying lubricating ointment and cold compresses to help aid the healing process and minimize side effects such as swelling, bruising, irritation or dry eyes.
Patients can usually return to work after one week, but should avoid exercise and strenuous activities for at least two weeks. Swelling and other side effects usually subside within two weeks after surgery. Dr. Cheng will give you specific instructions on how to care for your eyes after surgery.
What Is The Result of A Blepharoplasty Like?
Results of a blepharoplasty are visible as swelling and bruising subside and will continue to improve for up to a year after surgery. This procedure is designed to produce long-lasting results. While surgery cannot prevent your eyes from ageing, most patients are satisfied with their results and do not seek repeat procedures.
The scars from the blepharoplasty procedure are usually well concealed and will fade with time until they are virtually unnoticeable. The incision is hidden in the crease of the eyelid in an upper blepharoplasty, and just below the lashes in a lower blepharoplasty.
What Are The Risks Of Blepharoplasty?
As with any surgical procedure, there are certain risks associated with this procedure. Although rare, these risks include bleeding, infection, dry eyes, skin discoloration and an inability to fully close the eyes. Following proper care instructions after surgery can minimize many of these risks. You can discuss these risks, along with any other concerns you may have with Dr. Cheng to reduce anxiety and worries about your surgery.
Facelift
(Rhytidectomy)
 At Brisbane Aesthetic & Plastic Surgery Centre, facelift & blepharoplasty are performed by Dr Cheng, a qualified plastic surgeon with a special interest in both cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery. He performs cosmetic surgery such as facelift, blepharoplasty, browlift, breast augmentation, breast reduction and breast lift, for patients desiring to enhance their appearance.
What Can A Facelift Do For Me?
Facelifts rejuvenate the mid- to lower face and neck. Facelifts are most effective for patients who want to correct:
- Midface sagging
- Deep creases between the nose and mouth (nasolabial folds)
- Jowls due to loss of muscle tone
- Loose skin and fat under the chin and jaw
What Won't A Facelift Correct?
Facelifts can produce a dramatic improvement in appearance for patients with the problems mentioned above. However, facelifts do not stop the ageing process; in time, signs of ageing will gradually appear once again.
Further, facelifts will not rejuvenate the brow, eyelids, nose, and some of the midface. Patients who want to improve these areas may consider combining a facelift with a brow lift or eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty).
How Is A Facelift Performed?
Facelifts are typically day surgery procedures. The procedure takes about 2-3 hours under general anesthesia.
The way a facelift is performed varies depending on your facial structure, and the extent of correction desired. Traditional facelift rejuvenates the face, jowls and neck, including fat sculpting, lifting and repositioning of muscle and deeper tissues, and skin trimming and redraping. The incision begins at the temples and travels down to the front of the ear, around the earlobe, and behind the ear to the lower scalp at the hairline. Sometimes, another incision is made under the chin. Incisions are closed with stitches. Scars are hidden in the hairline and natural contours of the face.
What Is The Recovery From A Facelift Like?
After your facelift, Dr. Cheng will wrap the incisions in bandages. Drainage tubes will be placed on each side of the face and will be taken out the next day. Your stitches will be removed one week after the facelift.
At first, you may experience swelling, numbness,
bruising, and a feeling of tightness or tension in the face and neck. Your face may look uneven or distorted, and your facial muscles may feel stiff. Most of these symptoms usually resolve within 3-6 weeks, and sensation typically returns to normal within a few months. Scars become less red, raised, lumpy or itchy in time.
Many patients return to work by the third week. Camouflage cosmetics can be used to minimize the appearance of bruising.
You should be gentle with your skin and hair as you recover. Men may need to shave behind the neck and ears where areas of beard-growing skin have moved.
How Long Do The Effects Of A Facelift Last?
Results of a facelift do not last forever. You may want to have another procedure in five or ten years. But in another sense, the effects are permanent; years later, your face will continue to look better than if you had never had a facelift.
Neck
Lift
A combination of a neck lift and chin liposuction is performed to remove excess fat beneath the chin and tighten loose skin in the neck. This procedure can produce dramatic results in the patient whose chin and/or neck has sagged with age or after weight loss.
Browlift
Browlifts
can revitalize drooping or lined foreheads, helping you to look less angry, sad
or tired. Using either traditional or minimally invasive methods,
the muscles above the eyes are altered to smooth lines and raise the eyebrows
for a more youthful appearance. The procedure is often combined with other
operations such as blepharoplasty and facelifts to improve the look of the eyes
and other areas of the face.
Anti-wrinkle Treatment
 When you smile, laugh, frown, or look puzzled, you contract the muscles of your face. Over time, these contractions produce permanent furrows and deep wrinkles in the skin, especially around the eyes and mouth, between the eyebrows, and on the forehead. These lines can make you look older, sad, angry or tired. Anti-wrinkle injections treatments can not only prevent you from deepening these lines during natural facial movements, they can also erase these marks of ageing, leaving you looking younger and refreshed.
What can anti-wrinkle injections do for me?
Quick, safe and effective, anti-wrinkle injections reduces or eliminates facial lines and wrinkles for up to six months with no downtime or surgery and little to no discomfort. Through a series of tiny injections, anti-wrinkle injections gives you a rejuvenated look by smoothing crow's feet beneath the eyes, frown lines between the eyebrows, horizontal lines across the forehead, worry lines around the mouth, and lines on the neck.
Injectable Fillers
Soft tissue fillers are injected under
the skin to "plump up," contour and smooth wrinkles, lines and hollow areas in
the face and to augment the lips or cheeks for a younger, fuller
appearance.
Fillers are designed to smooth wrinkles, sculpt lips and shape facial contours. It is a clear, synthetic gel made with hyaluronic acid, a natural substance that is found throughout your body. It carries little risk of allergic reaction. The most common areas for treatment are the glabellar lines (between the eyebrows) and the nasolabial folds (from the root of the nose to the angle of your mouth).
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