Eyelid Surgery Overview

Eyelid surgery is a procedure where the scope of the work shapes the figure on the page. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons describes eyelid surgery, or blepharoplasty, as a surgical procedure to improve the appearance of the eyelids, and says it can be performed on the upper lids, lower lids or both.

What you can know before a consultation

Before a consultation you can know which lids you are asking about. That one detail changes what any printed figure covers, because a figure for one set of lids is not a figure for another. What you cannot know yet is a firm number. A published range describes cases in general, and only a written quote describes yours.

The NHS page on eyelid surgery gives a general description of the procedure. MedlinePlus adds background on eyelid disorders for readers who want to see the wider set of conditions involving the eyelids.

The pages in this guide

• Eyelid Surgery Risks lists what to hear about before agreeing to a figure, so you can ask what the quote says about those risks.
• Eyelid Surgery Candidates looks at who the procedure is meant for, which decides whether a quoted figure applies to you at all.
• Eyelid Surgery Recovery follows the time after surgery, so you can ask whether follow-up is part of the number you were given.

Before you go further

Settle which lids the figure covers. Everything else on a quote is easier to read once that is written down.