What to do if your double eyelids are loose

As people age, their upper eyelids will become loose, which is quite common. Of course, if you have some diseases, such as decreased kidney function, your double eyelids will often cause swelling, which will also cause the double eyelids to become loose. No matter what the reason is for the loosening, it can be corrected through certain surgeries, such as simple double eyelid peeling and other methods.

What to do if your double eyelids are loose

Regardless of the cause of sagging upper eyelids, surgical correction is required. The surgery can be performed while removing eyelid wrinkles and performing blepharoplasty. Patients with bulging of tear glands and orbital fat should also undergo surgery at the same time. Upper eyelid surgery should not be performed simultaneously with lower eyelid surgery to avoid affecting the blood supply to the skin at the same time. After forehead and temporal wrinkle removal surgery, a period of recovery is required before surgery can be performed depending on the condition of the upper and lower eyelids. To prevent the scar from being too obvious after surgery and affecting the cosmetic appearance, the incision for removing loose eyelid skin wrinkles should be as parallel to the skin texture as possible.

1. Simple double eyelid peeling

Double eyelid surgery is performed while removing excess loose skin. This method was often used in the past, resulting in long swelling time and slow recovery, and the double eyelids would only become natural after half a year. At present, it is rarely used by middle-aged and elderly people.

2. Eyelid margin incision is not suitable for double eyelid surgery

It is mainly for the elderly who do not want the changes to be too obvious and do not require double eyelids. They can simply remove excess skin through an incision at the upper eyelid margin.

3. Eyebrow lift and eyebrow surgery

Eyebrow lift or eyebrow surgery can be performed to lift the loose upper eyelid skin and improve symptoms. According to the distance between the patient's eyebrows and eyes, choose the incision at the middle of the eyebrow, the upper edge of the eyebrow, or the lower edge of the eyebrow. If combined with forehead and temporal rhytidectomy, it can better improve the symptoms of aging

Reasons for relaxation

The thickness of the eyelid skin is about 0.4 mm, which is the thinnest part of the skin on the whole body. It is soft, delicate and elastic. Affected by factors such as age, inflammation and edema, it may undergo a series of histological and morphological changes, showing manifestations such as aging and functional decline. Loose eyelid skin not only affects the appearance, but also affects the eyelid function. There is another eye disease called blepharochalasis (blepharochalasis), which is an eyelid disease characterized by loose and thinning of the skin of both upper eyelids, reduced elasticity, and lacrimal gland prolapse. It is more common in young women, with a history of repeated redness and swelling of the skin of both upper eyelids, which lasts for several weeks before subsiding. With repeated attacks, the skin gradually becomes thinner and looser. This disease is related to recurrent myeloid edema, endocrine, genetic factors and other factors.