Saturday, May 31, 2008

Laser Your Eyelid With Care

Laser beams have to be administered in a highly controlled manner and environment when applied for cosmetic surgery purposes. This is something that an Australian plastic surgeon failed to consider though and is now facing charges from patients whose surgeries are believed to have been botched.

Eyelid surgery traditionally involves plastic surgery performed in the upper eyelid and lower eyelid of a patient. This surgery leaves scars nonetheless and can be expensive depending on the procedure you opt for.

Laser blepharoplasty on the other hand involves eyelid rejuvenation sans scars and yields results similar to a traditional blepharoplasty. But make sure you have selected a cosmetic surgeon who understands your needs unlike the doctor mentioned above.

In a laser eyelid surgery treatment, plastic surgeons generally put the patient under a general anesthetic. It is not a completely noninvasive procedure though as the laser device is used to make a cut in the upper eyelid. Fat and droopy skin is discarded from this area.

Similarly in the lower eyelid, a barely evident incision is made on the inside of the eyelid and the excess eye bag causing fat is removed. The laser device resurfaces the lower eyelid skin and pulls it tighter achieve a tauter look.

At the Plastic Surgery Institute of California we offer laser eyelid surgery procedures. The treatments are meted out in surgical facilities that have been accredited by the AAAHC.

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