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After reading about lid lift surgery in several magazines, you peg the costs at somewhere between four to five thousand dollars and budget that amount into your lifestyle. Months pass, the money is saved, your vacation time has been scheduled, and you're eager to move forward. After checking with your local eye doctors, you settle in on Dr. X, a plastic surgeon well known for his stunning results. In walks the doctor and--at last--your consultation begins.
Thirty minutes later, you're convinced that you've come to the right surgeon. Dr. X is polite, thorough, and intelligent. He listens carefully to your reasons for requesting lid surgery and agrees that the bags on your upper and lower lids do need to go.
Just as it seems that your consultation is finished, though, he sits back, takes a long look at your face, and then tells you that a blepharoplasty alone will do little to eliminate your wrinkles. He asks you if your wrinkles bother you. Well, you think, who really is attached to their little wrinkles? Dr. X goes on to explain how with a laser he can readily soften those wrinkles not just around your eyes but over your entire face. He shows you a picture of a recent patient who has had exactly the procedure he's described. You have to admit that her skin does indeed look wonderful, not that your own tiny crowsfeet ever bothered you.
Then Dr. X holds up a mirror and asks you to take a look at your brow. Has it fallen, he wants to know, a question that takes you by surprise because the idea has never before entered your mind . . . |
