Meronk Eyelid Plastic Surgery - Blepharoplasty Resource

Dr Meronk - Los Angeles Eyelid Specialist

• Upper blepharoplasty, or eyelid lift, is cosmetic surgery to enhance the appearance of sagging upper lids. Unfortunately, aggressive tissue removal can result in eyelid hollowness, ptosis (droopy lids), difficulty with full closure, and other complications. Tissue-sparing techniques lessen the chance of such outcomes. Learn more...

• Lower blepharoplasty is plastic surgery for the eyes undertaken to reduce bags. While transconjunctival fat thinning with pinch skin excision offers an effective and minimally disruptive solution, some patients with a weakened lid support system may require additional procedures. Learn more...

• Asian double eyelid surgery is designed to create, enhance, or stabilize a crease in the upper lid. Although Asian eye surgery differs from European blepharoplasty in major ways, few surgeons have more than a limited experience with the variations needed to achieve the most natural results. Learn more...

• If upper or lower eyelid hollowness appears after blepharoplasty surgery or from fat loss with aging, the only effective treatment for sunken eyelids is restoration of deep volume. Learn about the special challenges of fat transfer or grafting for eyelid hollowing and why fillers and injected fat are not enough...

• Reviewing before and after photos of actual men and women who have undergone eye plastic surgery can help a potential patient form a reasonable idea about a given cosmetic surgeon's sense of aesthetics and skill.

Follow these links to observe before and after pictures of Dr. Meronk's patients or watch as he performs eyelid surgery operations step by step...

• Videos can make the complex more understandable. Our blepharoplasty movie library presents two hours of narrated case studies on actual patients followed by pertinent commentaries exploring some of the more confusing topics in oculoplastic surgery...

• Recovery and healing after blepharoplasty can often be more stressful than having the actual surgery. One way to lessen any surprise is to become educated ahead of time. Learn more...

• Undergoing any plastic surgery entails facing real risks, which means that some patients having blepharoplasty will suffer complications. Eyelid revision surgery can help to correct such problems. Learn more...

Want to learn more about cosmetic eyelid surgery?

Blepharoplasty, or cosmetic eye surgery, joined mainstream plastic surgery over seventy years ago but was then practiced with only minor refinement over the ensuing decades.

Thirty years ago, a new and less invasive approach to the lower lid initiated rapid evolution in eyelid surgery technique only to be overtaken near the end of the last century by any number of highly invasive "advances" that some oculoplastic surgeons now view as overly enthusiastic.

While aggressive surgery on and around the eyelids will indeed provide a noticeable if not dramatic change, this is seldom for the better and may leave the eyes and lids looking harsh, windswept, sunken, and, paradoxically, less youthful.

By trading one eyelid deformity for another, such overworked eye and face lifts can often transform a person's appearance into something it never was.

While ever-evolving, today's best cosmetic blepharoplasty procedures are built around a newfound respect for the perils of disturbing orbital fat and the eyelid's complex system of support. Baggy upper and puffy lower lids can now be addressed surgically with less tissue disruption, scarring, and loss of function, while eyelid hollowness can be softened by orbital fat grafting.

Our site presents the latest and best information on the topic of cosmetic surgery on and around the eyelids. Use either our abridged Preview Edition or the expanded Premium Edition, the web's ultimate consumer eyelid plastic surgery resource, to learn as little or as much as you'd like to know.

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	Blepharoplasty Basics Introduction to cosmetic eyelid plastic surgery		Premium Edition Upgrade Compare our Preview and Premium Editions
	Insider's Guide to Blepharoplasty Procedures, options, details		Eyelid Surgery Photos Before-and-after patient photos and pictures
	Upper Blepharoplasty Cosmetic surgery for the upper eyelids		Lower Blepharoplasty Cosmetic surgery for lower eyelid bags
	Eyelid Owner's Manual Articles on eyelid care and maintenance		Eyelid Surgery Videos Analysis of actual patients and their outcomes
	Tissue-Sparing Upper and Lower Blepharoplasty Conserving eyelid structure		Asian Eyelid Surgery Double eyelid surgery and Asian blepharoplasty
	Eyelid QuickNotes Compare and contrast pros, cons, and risks		Healing and Recovery Before and after upper and lower blepharoplasty
	Atlas of Eyelid Anatomy Diagrams and videos of lid and facial anatomy		Revision Blepharoplasty Risks, complications, and what can be done to help
	The Hollowed Eyelid Fat grafting for upper or lower lid hollowness		Blepharoplasty Step-by-Step How is it done? Eyelid surgery shown start to finish

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