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The choice of operating facility is up to your doctor and up to you. While blepharoplasty is a delicate and tedious operation, it is not particularly invasive to your body as a whole or overly dangerous to your state of general well-being.
A well-equipped office operating room should work as well as (and in some cases, better than) a general hospital surgery suite primarily equipped to perform operations like gallbladder surgery and total hip replacements. Blood pressure and pulse can be monitored throughout a blepharoplasty whether in an office setting or at a hospital. Besides, if you are afflicted by major medical problems that mandate more comprehensive monitoring and preclude accepting any added risk, you might want to think twice before undergoing cosmetic eyelid surgery at any facility.
If your doctor maintains an office operating room equipped to perform blepharoplasty, this may be your best bet. Why? Because not only will the doctor feel more comfortable working on his or her own home turf, but, assuming he or she is conscientious and does a reasonable volume of cosmetic eyelid surgery, your surgeon will know that the facility is equipped with exactly the right instruments and supplies and that he or she will be assisted in surgery by someone with special training and experience in eyelid surgery rather than whichever scrub technician or even student nurse . . . |
