Karen gets her youthful eyes back after blepharoplasty

On with the upper lid blepharoplasty and lower eye lift! 

Karen’s outpatient procedure was performed at Assil Gaur Eye Institute’s Beverly Hills clinic. After injecting local anesthesia and mild sedation, Dr. Adele began to work her magic. Blepharoplasties can be performed on the upper or lower eyelid to remove excess skin, muscle, and fat and restore a sharper, more youthful appearance to the eye's natural contour. 

The doctor began with an upper eyelid blepharoplasty, focusing on the area between the eyelashes and eyebrows. Dr. Adele made a tiny incision along the natural crease of the upper eyelid skin, removing excess skin and fat.

After the tissue removal was completed, the incision was closed with fine sutures. Karen then spent a week working from home.

Dr. Adele then turned to Karen’s lower blepharoplasty at the Santa Monica clinic, making an incision just below the lower lash line. Like with her upper eyelid, excess fat, and skin were removed and repositioned to reduce puffiness and create an extremely smooth contour. The final step was to close the incision perfectly.

The entire procedure took about two hours. Karen then spent some time in the recovery room before a friend drove her home. The entire process took from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Karen’s recovery from eyelid surgery 

On the first day, Karen stayed home from work and applied ice packs to her eyes. By the second day, she could work on her computer and continued her icing regime. She also started using a special ointment that Dr. Adele gave her.

“The bruising went away surprisingly quickly,” she says, adding that the surgical outcome was better than she could have imagined. “By two weeks, my eyes looked normal.”

“At my one-month ‌follow-up appointment, I told Dr. Adele that she has achieved 100% patient satisfaction and greatly improved my quality of life. “You couldn’t even tell I had a cosmetic procedure done,” she said. She then added that her peripheral vision had also noticeably improved. “Dr. Adele has amazing surgical technique; she not only opened my eyes but gave me a brighter, youthful look. Plus, I don’t have any dark circles under my eyes!”

Why trust Assil Gaur Eye Institute for your blepharoplasty surgery?  

Assil Gaur Eye Institute has assembled a team of top ophthalmologists and optometrists from around the country to offer their patients the highest quality of specialist eye care in the United States.

Dr. Adele is a board-certified ophthalmologist specializing in cataracts, glaucoma, LASIK, and facial aesthetic procedures. She is the Director of Oculoplastics at the Assil Gaur Eye Institute in Beverly Hills and Santa Monica, where she thrives on meeting patient expectations.

Oculoplastic surgery is a specialized field of medicine. Plastic and reconstructive surgery focuses on surgical procedures and the structures surrounding the eyes. These include the eyelids, orbit (the bony cavity that contains the eye), ptosis repair, tear ducts, and face.

In keeping with AGEI's founding principles, it is critically important to keep clinics comfortable and familiar, much like family-run medical practices used to be.

In addition to plastic surgery, refractive lens exchange, and cataract surgery, the ophthalmology healthcare experts at AGEI are nationally recognized for their eye care and treatment options for a full range of conditions, including eye conditions such as hyperopia glaucoma, macular edema, retinal detachment (and other vision loss retinal procedures), cornea conditions, floaters and flashes, dry eye, presbyopia, astigmatism (using a toric lens), farsightedness, myopia, contact lenses, nearsightedness, and ‌other vision correction procedures (refractive surgery) such as LASIK surgery, PRK, and many more laser procedures.

Assil Gaur Eye Institute also offers cataract patients artificial lens IOL options such as monofocal IOLs, monovision lenses, toric IOLs, presbyopia-correcting IOLs, and bifocal IOLs

Today, AGEI is nationally recognized for its compassionate, patient-centric care, commitment to pioneering advances in ophthalmology, and dedication to supporting its patients' and the community's health and well-being. Please call (866) 945-2745 or make an appointment online.

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