Gold weight eyelid implants play a very reliable role in reconstructive eyelid surgery.
Used to treat paralytic lagophthalmos (a complication of facial nerve palsy), gold weight implants are steps plastic surgeons take to prevent blindness and corneal ulceration and exposure. As compared to lubricants and taping the eyelids, this blepharoplasty procedure has proved to be more effective.
Gold is the material of choice for this reconstructive plastic surgery because of its affinity to practically any skin tone. The fact that it is easy to manipulate and insert and has a high density contribute further to its reliability.
Plastic surgeons can relax the levator muscle which is responsible for lifting the eyelid from the eye using gold weight implants. Available commercially, the eyelid surgeon selects the implant weight that will be able to achieve the eyelid correction and tapes it to the upper eyelid in a trial procedure.
This preoperative procedure is standard practice and is necessary to ensure patient safety and comfort post-surgery. The actual blepharoplasty procedure is later performed under local anesthesia.
The good thing about this eyelid surgery procedure is that the gold weight implant can be removed incase of any complication (very rare) very easily. Normally, after the eyelid has resumed its normal function, the implant is removed.
The application of gold weight eyelid implants in reconstructive blepharoplasty is approved by the FDA. There are specific manufacturers of these devices however which can be trusted.
The Plastic Surgery Institute of California can help you learn more about this rejuvenating eyelid surgery.
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