Below are some of the most frequently asked questions about cosmetic eyelid surgery. We hope these help you with your research. However, if you have more specific questions, please do not hesitate to call 310.657.4302 and schedule your consultation with cosmetic eyelid surgery specialist, Dr. Guy Massry! 1. What is an Ophthalmic Plastic Surgeon? An Ophthalmic Plastic Surgeon is a board certified ophthalmologist with separate specialized (fellowship) training in cosmetic plastic surgery of the forehead/eyebrows, eyelids, midface (cheeks), and reconstructive...

Dr. Massry consults with several new patients every day in the office about eyelid rejuvenation procedures. Below is a list of the top 10 questions he hears from patients during their consultations. 1. Am I a good candidate for cosmetic surgery? Dr. Massry will evaluate every patient on an individualized basis to determine if they are a good candidate for cosmetic surgery. Every patient has a unique anatomy and their own personal reasons for seeking out plastic surgery. During your consultation Dr. Massry will examine you and ask you what your goals are for your...

Blepharoplasty (cosmetic eyelid surgery) is one of the most common aesthetic surgical interventions performed by plastic surgeons today.   The best blepharoplasty results are attained when specialized plastic surgeons known as oculoplastic surgeons or oculofacial plastic surgeons perform the procedure. For eyelid rejuvenation surgery to provide the best outcome, all aspects of the eyelids and adjacent (nearby) areas must be considered. This includes assessing forehead and eyebrows to see if an eyebrow lift is needed, as well as looking at the cheeks or midface...

Too often cosmetic eyelid surgery, or blepharoplasty, is performed in a way which alters the natural appearance of the eyes.  This is a shame as the goal of blepharoplasty surgery (whether upper lids, lowers lids, or both) should be to create a noticeable, yet natural transition from tired looking and sagging eyelids to a more youthful but natural appearance.  To successfully accomplish this and get the best blepharoplasty results, an experienced aesthetic eyelid surgeon or oculoplastic surgeon is required.  An oculoplastic surgeon is a specialist in cosmetic...

This woman came to see eyelid surgery expert, Dr. Guy Massry, in Beverly Hills, CA because she was unhappy with the appearance of her under eyes. She felt like the under eye bags made her look 10 years older than she really is, and made her constantly look exhausted. Upon consultation with Dr. Massry, the patient decided to undergo a lower blepharoplasty with fat repositioning. Dr. Massry performs this surgery in an out-patient surgery center in under an hour, and the patient can return home (or to a hotel or after-surgery recovery center) the same day. The...

Festoons are overhanging folds of skin and muscle that create an unsightly appearance to the lower lids and their transition to the middle face. Some people think of festoons as severe under eye bags. There is no simple surgical correction for this aesthetic problem.  Procedures used to remove eyelid festoons include, laser skin shrinkage, aggressive (so called extended) lower blepharoplasty, the addition of midface lifting, lower lid muscle tightening, the injection of various chemicals for shrinkage, and “direct excision.” Dr. Guy Massry, who is an eyelid...

Many of you will never have heard the word anophthalmia unless it happens to you or someone you love. So if it has happened to you or someone you love as a result of trauma, disease, etc., you know that anophthalmia means the absence of an eye. Acquired loss of an eye (meaning you were born with two functioning eyes, but lost one due to disease or trauma) not only leads to an abnormal function of the eyelid and socket, but also to an appearance that you feel is no longer YOU. The traditional approach to anophthalmia surgery is solely the correction of the...

Hi, I'm Guy Massry. I practice oculoplastic surgery in Beverly Hills, CA. One of my serious interests is in anophthalmia surgery. That means surgery on people that have lost their eyes. And today I'm going to go over a patient example who went through this: how we combined the traditional surgery that improves function and also included surgery for aesthetics to improve appearance, and I call this aesthetic anophtalmic surgery. So on this before picture, you see a full-face shot of a woman who was in a severe car accident.   You can see that on the right...

Watch these great 3D animation videos about eyelid surgery and BOTOX and filler treatments. These videos are a great overview of how each of these procedures are performed.

Today I am going to talk about customized lower blepharoplasty. You can see the pictures on the left are before surgery and the pictures on the right were taken after surgery. The goal in blepharoplasty is to remove the prominent puffiness on the lower lid and fill the hollows underneath. The way to achieve this goal without complications is to do surgery from the inside to avoid external scars or changing the eyelid shape. Rather than excising the fat, which was the previous standard for lower eyelid surgery, it is instead repositioned to the hollow underneath....

As we age, the appearance of our eyes often changes from youthful and vibrant to aged and fatigued. This aged look commonly appears as under eye hollows (dark circles) or puffy bags. Lower blepharoplasty is a surgery that improves the appearance of the under eye area by reducing the prominence of eyelid bags, while simultaneously filling depressions around the eyes (ie. dark circles). Rather than removing precious eyelid fat, Dr. Massry instead transposes the excess fat to the hollows to reduce elevations (fat prominence) and fill the depressions (eyelid...

    The surgical correction of eyelid bags and dark circles under the eyes is called blepharoplasty. Lower blepharoplasty can be done in many ways but selecting and eyelid specialist to do this surgery makes the most sense. Dr. Guy Massry, Beverly Hills Oculoplastic Surgeon, is a cosmetic eyelid surgeon who is well published, lectures all over the world, teaches eyelid surgery and trains other doctors on how to perform natural looking blepharoplasty. Selecting an eyelid specialist is especially important when it comes to male blepharoplasty. This is...

The safest fillers for treatment of under eye bags, dark circles and hollows are Hyaluronic Acid Gel fillers. This class of fillers includes Restylane, Belotero, Juvederm, Perlane, Voluma and others. They are all the same product, just made up of different consistencies (ie. density, thickness, flow, etc). Injecting these fillers should not be done indiscriminately without a true understanding of how they work or the differences in their biochemical makeup. It is this knowledge of the filler products that makes all the difference in outcome. The best way to...