This 52 year old woman from Portsmouth, New Hampshire was feeling as though she was looking older than she actually is. She had loose skin on her upper and lower eyelids. Dr. Gray recommended a blepharoplasty of both the upper and lower lids. (Sometimes people only an upper blepharoplasty.) The patient came back for a re-check and reported that she had received many compliments. People were not sure what she had done, but remarked that she was looking rested. The patient was so pleased with the...

This 53 year old woman from Boston, Massachusetts, was beginning to find it difficult to apply make-up with the excess loose skin on her eyelids. She also disliked being told she looked like her mother. She had eye lid surgery under local anesthesia. She was pleased that Dr. Gray used dissolvable stitches that did not need to be removed and that she did not need any pain medication after the surgery.

This 57 year old woman disliked being told repeatedly that she looked tired. She had a good amount of loose skin on her upper eyelids. Dr. Gray removed an amount that would eliminate the droop onto her upper eyelids and give her a naturally younger, more rested look. The patient was very happy with her improved appearrance and reported numerous compliments and inquiries as to where she had vacationed

This 62 year old woman was unhappy with the increasing amount of loose skin around her eyes. Dr. Gray recommended that she have a visual field obstruction test and it turned out that her vsion was somewhat blocked by the hanging skin, which allowed insurance to assist witht he cost. Dr. Gray advised her to have both an upper and lower blepharoplasty due to the laxity in both areas. The patient was very pleased with her results and especially with the advice regarding the visual obstruction.

This is a good example of an older man whose eyelids were beginning to obstruct his vision. His eyelid skin was resting on top of his eyelashes. There was even more skin drooping on the left than on the right. The day the patient came in for surgery, Dr. Gray marked his eyelid skin when he was awake so he could accurately remove the needed amount of skin for the when the patient would be asleep during the procedure. Dr. Gray cut out the marked skin. With the correction, the patient had a wi...

This woman of 55 from Andover, Massachusetts, had blepharoplasty only. Although she looks improved, the results would have been more dramatic with a forehead lift at the same time. But, the goal of surgery is to satisfy the patient's request and not to talk them into surgery they are not interested in