Human aging progresses gradually throughout life, but active aging can be said to begin in the mid-20s. In particular, visible skin aging starts to progress after the mid-30s, and by the 40s and 50s, while the fat layer remains largely unchanged, the decrease in collagen and elastin tissues that keep the skin firm causes the skin to sag and fold, leading to a rapid increase in crease-type wrinkles.
Ordinary skin wrinkles may be covered with makeup, but the eyelids have thinner skin than other areas, and the strength of the eyelid muscles that support them also weakens, so elasticity declines faster than in other areas. Therefore, those who want to remove sagging eyelid skin and restore a firmer eye appearance may consider middle-aged eye correction or double-eyelid surgery as a way to address their concerns.
However, because the eyes are extremely important organs, when improving rapidly sagging eyelid skin, it is necessary to focus more on functional aspects than purely aesthetic ones. Therefore, if you are considering middle-aged eye surgery due to sagging eyelids, functional issues must also be taken into account, and it is important to focus on the surgeon’s skill rather than cost.
However, if middle-aged eye surgery is performed excessively, it may make a person look older or give a harsh impression. Therefore, it is most important to accurately analyze the degree of eyelid sagging and the strength of the eyelid muscles, and to achieve a natural improvement suited to one’s condition and overall facial harmony. Accordingly, it is advisable to proceed with an appropriate surgical method after a thorough consultation with experienced medical staff.
Middle-aged eye surgery includes upper blepharoplasty, lower blepharoplasty, and brow lift surgery. Among these, upper blepharoplasty is suitable when the muscles used to open the eyes have weakened due to aging and the skin has sagged. It removes the sagging eyelid fat and skin that interfere with vision, shortens and secures the eye-opening muscles, and lifts the eyelids, helping to secure the field of vision and create a clearer, more refreshed eye appearance.
Lower blepharoplasty is suitable when the membrane surrounding the skin and muscles under the eyes, which used to hold the fat in place, becomes loose, causing the fat to descend from its original position and make the under-eye area bulge or look uneven. This anti-aging eye improvement procedure removes protruding fat and skin and tightens the membrane around the sagging muscles, making the under-eye area look cleaner and brighter.
However, when under-eye fat is positioned lower, creating bulges or unevenness, and the skin that covered the fat has also overlapped to form wrinkles, shadows from the protruding fat can make it look as if dark circles have formed. In such cases, it can be effective for improving the overall eye appearance to remove the protruding fat while repositioning a certain amount of fat upward through under-eye fat repositioning, and to combine this with under-eye fat grafting to add volume to hollow under-eyes, thereby improving an overall dull and aged impression.
If the eyes appear significantly droopy even though the eyelid skin itself is not very sagged, a brow lift surgery that removes part of the upper eyelid skin and lifts the eyelids can provide an anti-aging eye correction effect.
Dr. Hwang Ho, director of Hyundai Aesthetic Surgery, advised, “Middle-aged eye surgery must improve not only aesthetic concerns but also the functional aspects of the eyes in order to achieve satisfactory results. Because surgery should be performed using a method suited to the patient after accurately diagnosing and analyzing the current degree of sagging in the upper and lower eyelids, the progression of skin and muscle aging, and whether there are any functional discomforts, it is important to choose a plastic surgery clinic centered on board-certified plastic surgery medical professionals who can accurately perform not only the surgery itself but also diagnostic analysis to improve the eye appearance.”
▲ Newstown news article (2020.07.16) Source: Newstown · Reported on 2020.07.16 · Reporter Sim Jin-joo · Original article newstown.co.kr
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