Eyelid surgery
Eyelid surgery removes or moves skin and fat of the upper and lower lids, fills the tear trough, tightens the outer corner of the eye and raises a drooping lid.
Eyelid surgery procedures
What each operation does, who it suits, the risks and how recovery goes.
Upper blepharoplasty
Upper blepharoplasty removes excess skin from the upper eyelids, sometimes with a strip of the muscle beneath and a little fat. It suits adults whose loose upper lid skin makes the eyes look heavy or tired, or blocks…
Lower blepharoplasty
Lower blepharoplasty treats bags under the eyes by removing, moving or regrafting the fat that bulges below the eye, and by removing loose skin when there is some. The operation has moved from removing that fat to…
Tear trough and lid-cheek junction surgery
Tear trough surgery smooths the groove between the lower eyelid and the cheek: the surgeon releases the ligament that tethers the groove and fills it with the patient's own fat, either moved from the eye bag on its…
Canthoplasty and canthopexy
Canthopexy and canthoplasty anchor the outer corner of the eyelids (the lateral canthus) to the bony rim so the lower lid stays against the eye and keeps its shape. Surgeons add them to lower eyelid and midface…
Blepharoptosis repair
Ptosis repair raises an upper eyelid whose edge sits too low, either by reattaching and tightening the lid's lifting tendon through a crease incision or by shortening a small lifting muscle from inside the lid. Drooping…
Eyelid surgery research by topic
What the studies show about each part of the operation.
Lower blepharoplasty
Lower blepharoplasty treats lower eyelid bags by removing or moving fat through the skin or inside the lid.
Upper blepharoplasty
Upper blepharoplasty removes excess upper eyelid skin, and sometimes muscle and fat, through a crease incision.
Blepharoptosis repair
Ptosis papers raise a drooping upper eyelid by shortening or reattaching the levator or Muller muscle.
Canthoplasty and canthopexy
Canthal papers tighten or reset the outer corner of the eye to support the lower lid.
Eyelid surgery complications
These papers report dry eye, lid malposition, vision loss and revision surgery after eyelid surgery.
Asian eyelid and double eyelid surgery
Asian eyelid papers cover double eyelid surgery, epicanthoplasty and eyelid anatomy in East Asian patients.
Tear trough and lid-cheek junction
Tear trough papers treat the groove between the lower lid and the cheek with fat, fillers or ligament release.