Dr. Adele’s Blepharoplasty surgery helped a veteran cop keep watch over his city

Dr. Adele’s skillful hands perform eyelid lift surgery

Greg searched the web and discovered the expertise of Dr. Adele, one of the expert staff at Assil Gaur Eye Institute. Dr. Adele specializes in facial aesthetics, cataracts, glaucoma, and LASIK procedures.

Greg explained his problem to Dr. Adele. “I always feel like I look grumpy,” he said, adding that he couldn’t see unless he tensed his brow muscles. “People always assumed I was grumpy, but that didn’t match my mood. I didn’t like the way I was being perceived.”

Dr. Adele immediately performed a line-of-sight vision test, which measures how much you can see without moving your eyes. This test is critical for diagnosing the need for droopy eyelid surgery. Greg failed big-time.

The doctor found that excess skin was obstructing Greg’s vision. He needed a blepharoplasty, and because it was medically necessary, his insurance paid the cost. “It was literally making me tired holding my brow up,” he says. “Inside, I was happy, but outside, I looked grouchy.”

Blepharoplasty eyelid surgery

Greg’s double eyelid surgery took roughly two hours for both eyes. Dr. Adele administered local anesthesia with intravenous sedation. Before the procedure, the doctor used a surgical pen to mark the sagging areas where incisions would be made. 

“I didn’t feel anything during the surgery except a couple of tugs and pulls,” remarks Greg.

The first step focused on the upper area between Greg’s eyelashes and eyebrows. It eliminated excess skin and fat through an incision in the natural crease of his eye socket, making the incision barely visible. The skin was closed using dissolvable stitches.

The doctor then concentrated on the under-eye area between the lower lash line and the cheek for the bottom. This step tightens the lower lid droop of excess loose skin, muscle, or fat under the eyelids. The incision was made under the eyelash line, extending past the outer corner of the eye (into the area where the crow’s feet tend to be located).

Greg’s recovery from eyelid surgery

After allowing the sedation to wear off, Greg left the Assil Gaur Eye Institute with an ice bag pressed against his eyes and a friend to drive him home.

“I got up and had a little discomfort in my brow,” says Greg. “Throughout the entire process, I didn’t have any pain. The recovery was way easier than I expected.”

Greg took it easy for a few days except for some swelling around the eyes, and then he was good to go.

“The good news is the tiny scars around your eyes will be completely invisible,” says Dr. Adele.

After recovery, the world shines brightly

Now, back patrolling the streets, Greg is all smiles. “I would have done this surgery a lot earlier if I had known it was so simple and painless.” He says, “The procedure allowed my looks to match how I feel.”

Looking hard, there is absolutely nothing about the blepharoplasty that Greg would have preferred to be done differently, including Dr. Adele’s bedside manner. “Dr. Adele was great,” says Greg. “She explained the entire procedure before we got going.”

And what do Greg’s friends think of his transition? “I’ve had several people comment that they never knew I had green eyes,” says Greg, referring to the slits that covered his eyes. “Work is easier, life is easier. I feel 20 years younger in my face.”

Why Choose AGEI for blepharoplasty near you?

Your eyes are one of the most delicate structures in your body. When you’re looking for a surgeon to correct the appearance or function of your eyelids and the structures surrounding your eyes, you want to seek an oculoplastic surgeon.

Our oculoplastic surgeons are board-certified ophthalmologists specializing in eye aesthetics for Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and Beverly Hills patients. 

With extensive training in microsurgical eye surgery and highly specialized training in plastic and reconstructive eye surgery. The health and safety of your eyes are the number one priority in all surgical planning performed by an oculoplastic surgeon. 

As board-certified ophthalmologists, our surgeons will thoroughly examine your eyes and identify potential complications or eye problems that might impact your surgical plan.

Our team has extensive experience in treating functional eye problems that affect patients’ vision and eye health, performing cosmetic surgery, and revising surgeries performed elsewhere that have gone bad.

We treat conditions such as excess eyelid skin or fat, drooping eyelids, wrinkles around the eyes, eyelid reconstruction after tumor removal, excessive tearing, revising prior unsatisfactory eye lifts, abnormally turned-in (entropion) or turned-out (ectropion) lid margins, and traumatic eye injuries. 

Other facial rejuvenation skin care procedures our doctors perform include Botox, fillers, and resurfacing chemical peels.