Oculoplastic Surgery

Eye Aesthetic Surgery

The appearance of the eye area is the most important area for the image of the person. Changes such as asymmetry, wrinkles, bagging, sagging in this area can be surgically corrected to give the person a younger and healthier appearance.

In mild cases, fillers also help us in this regard without the need for surgery.

Can Bags Under the Eyes Be Treated?

Today, structural or age-related bagging under the eyes can be eliminated with aesthetic surgery and a younger and healthier appearance can be achieved.

What is droopy eyelid? Who Is It Seen? Is There Treatment?

Ptosis is the downward displacement of the upper eyelid.
It may be congenital or may be seen due to injuries or aging.
Rarely, it may be a symptom of some nerve and muscle diseases. The cause of ptosis is that the muscle that lifts the eyelid upwards works less or does not work at all. The type of surgery varies according to the amount of work of the muscle.

Nowadays, valve deficiency operations can also be performed in infants and children.

What are Other Valve Deformities?

Entropium, is the inward rotation of the eyelid. It is often seen due to ageing. It can also be seen as a result of injuries, excessive contraction of the lower eyelid or congenital. As the eyelashes turn towards the eye, it causes stinging, watering and erosion of the cornea due to irritation.

Ektropium, is the outward rotation of the eyelid. It is seen in old age, strokes, allergic, shrinkage of tissues as a result of injuries and rarely congenital. Since the eyelid cannot close, dryness and wounds are seen in the eye in the advanced period. The treatment is surgery.

In the valve deformity called xanthelasma, yellow plaques are seen especially on the upper valves. Patients should be investigated in terms of diabetes and klesterol.

What is Tear Duct Obstruction?

The task of the tear is to wet the eye and provide the necessary lubrication and to clean foreign substances in the eye. The tear flows into the nose through the tear duct. The tear duct system starts with a hole (punctum) and canaliculi in the upper and lower eyelids and opens into the lacrimal sac and then into the nose with a thin duct. The most important disease of this system is tear duct obstruction.

The most important symptoms are persistent lacrimation, burrs, redness and sometimes painful swelling in the sac area (at the root of the nose). Canal obstruction may be congenital or may develop at an advanced age. In babies, the tear duct, which is closed at birth, opens spontaneously within the first month. When the opening is delayed, it causes complaints such as watering and burring.

How is Canal Blockage Treated?

If the massage recommended by the doctor is not sufficient in canal obstruction in infants, it is opened with a probe under general anaesthesia.

The only treatment method for duct obstruction in adulthood is surgery.

In recent years, canal obstruction surgeries with LASER have been performed in the USA and various European countries as well as in our country. In this method, 980 nm. wavelength diode laser systems are used.

In laser surgery, the tear sac is reached by entering the upper end of the duct called punctum without making a skin incision, the nasal bone and mucosa are removed in a short time with a high-energy laser and a new duct is created.

Eyelid Tumours

Remember that eyelid tumours can be completely removed with surgery.

Eye in Facial Paralysis

In facial paralysis, the eyelids cannot open and close normally and cannot protect the eye properly. In this case, various eyelid surgeries are performed depending on the severity of the paralysis in order to protect the eye and to achieve a more aesthetic appearance.

Prosthetic Eye?

It may be necessary to remove a sightless eye due to infection, eye pressure, severe pain or tumour.

In such cases, prosthetic eye is applied to eliminate the deformity that occurs. For better aesthetic appearance, mobile prosthesis applications are now performed.

The eye colour is made to match the colour of the healthy eye, so that the difference between the two eyes cannot be seen.

What are the Problems in Prosthetic Eye Users?

In those who use prosthesis for many years, some problems such as sagging in the lower lid, pitting in the eye, narrowing in the socket, falling in the eyelid, and turning inward may occur. Do you know that these problems can be corrected with surgery and have a more natural appearance?

You can reach our hospital for all kinds of issues about eye health, you can get detailed information about your eye problems and learn the process information for treatment.

Prepared by the Editorial Board of Göz Vakfı Hastaneleri.