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Eyelid surgery is a common cosmetic procedure. In this operation, excess skin is trimmed and excess fat removed in an effort to return the eyelids and eye region to a more youthful appearance. The combination of gravity, aging, sun exposure and heredity contribute to the aging process of the eyelids. Baggy eyelids are a common trait passed on from generation to generation and for this reason, it is sometimes necessary to perform this operation in patients as early as their thirties. The advantage of having an eyelid surgery in New York City is that after surgery most people don't realize that surgery has been performed but they notice that the patient looks much more rested, relaxed and rejuvenated. Bedroom or sleepy eyes that make the patient look tired and inattentive at important meetings are no longer present.

Eyelid surgery may take one to three hours. For eyelid surgery, New York plastic surgeon Robert Tornambe makes incisions following the natural lines of your eyelids; in the creases of your upper lids, and just below the lashes in your lower lids. The incisions can extend into the crow's feet or laugh lines at the outer corners of your eyes.

If you have a pocket of fat beneath your lower eyelids but don't need to have any skin removed, your plastic surgeon may perform a transconjunctival blepharoplasty. In this procedure the incision is made inside your lower eyelids, leaving no visible scar. It is usually performed on younger patients with thicker, more elastic skin.

For blepharoplasty - or eyelid surgery in New York City contact board certified plastic surgeon Robert Tornambe.

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