Lower Blepharoplasty Gallery Plastic Surgery in Beverly Hills | Patient 03

About This Procedure

Lower eyelid surgery addresses the area between the lower lash line and the cheek. The complaints that bring patients in are usually described as looking tired regardless of sleep, a shadow or hollow beneath the eye that makeup does not cover, or puffiness that is present in the morning and does not settle.

What produces that appearance is often not excess skin. With age, the ligament that holds the lower lid tissue against the orbital rim weakens, the fat behind it moves forward, and a step forms between the lid and the cheek. The bulge above the step and the hollow below it are two halves of the same change.

This matters because it determines what the surgery does. Removing the fat flattens the bulge but can leave the hollow, and in some patients deepens it. Repositioning the fat over the rim fills the hollow with the tissue that was already there. Which approach suits a particular patient depends on their anatomy, assessed at examination.

Results vary between individuals, and the photographs on this page show one patient's outcome rather than a result that can be promised to anyone else.

Further detail on the procedure is on the lower blepharoplasty page, and the broader blepharoplasty page covers eyelid surgery generally. The article on lower blepharoplasty in Beverly Hills goes into the planning in more depth.

More cases are in the lower blepharoplasty gallery and the wider eye surgery gallery. To discuss your own case with Dr. William Harris, request a consultation through the contact page.