Eyelid surgery (double eyelid, ptosis)

How it works

The buried-suture method threads sutures between the inner lid and the skin to form a crease. Nothing is cut, so recovery is quick, but the crease can loosen. The incisional method opens the skin, removes excess skin and fat, and fixes the crease by adhesion. Ptosis correction adjusts the muscle that opens the eye — a different aim from a crease. Upper and lower blepharoplasty address skin and fat that have shifted with age.

Used for

• Creating or redoing a double-eyelid crease
• Eyes that open poorly, with a habit of lifting them using the forehead (ptosis)
• Upper eyelid skin heavy enough to shade the field of view

Cautions

• It is surgery even without general anaesthesia — swelling and bruising can last two weeks
• Some methods are hard to reverse. Confirm at consultation which one is planned
• When fitting it into a trip, count through suture removal (typically day 5–7)

Aftercare

• Cold compresses for the first two to three days, then warm
• Sutures usually come out on day 5–7; leaving Korea before that means arranging removal at home
• The final crease settles over one to three months