Upper Blepharoplasty

If you have drooping eyelids, your face will look heavy and tired, and you’ll give the impression of not being rested, even if you feel fit. The reasons for this are loss of elasticity and relaxation of the supporting tissues around the eyelids. This can sometimes even lead to an altered visual field, making it difficult to see when reading or driving. After a blepharoplasty (upper eyelid lift), the eyes look fresh and rested again!

If you have drooping eyelids, your face will look heavy and tired, and you’ll give the impression of not being rested, even if you feel fit. The reasons for this are loss of elasticity and....

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Aftercare Anasthesia Costs Duration Risks Sport Treatment Work

Wear sunglasses for the first two weeks, cold pack for 5 days, no ointment or make-up for the first two weeks, apricot-based ointment on the scar from 3 weeks.

Wear sunglasses for the first two weeks, cold pack for 5 days, no ointment or make-up for the first two weeks, apricot-based ointment on the scar from 3 weeks.

Local anesthesia. Sedation or general anaesthesia on request

Upper blepharoplasty: 3,500 under AL. Lower blepharoplasty : 4’000.- under AL. Combination: 6,500 under AL

60 to 90 minutes

Local swelling, bruising, infection, hematoma, asymmetry

After 3 weeks

Ambulatory

Depends on activity

Dr. Yann Favre, Blepharoplasty specialist

Photographie professionnelle du docteur Yann Favre fondateur de la clinique Bellefontaine | Dr Favre Lausanne
  • Professional consultation by a qualified FMH & EBOPRAS plastic surgeon
  • Member of the Swiss Society of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery
  • More than 15 years’ experience in plastic and aesthetic surgery in various clinics and university hospitals in Switzerland and Europe
  • 5 to 10 blepharoplasties performed per month
  • Individual results planning
  • Post-op medication and consultations included
  • A professional, friendly team to look after your well-being before, during and after the operation

Dr méd. Yann Favre
Founder of Clinique Bellefontaine
Specialist FMH & EBOPRAS Plastic, Reconstructive and
Aesthetic Surgery

General information

With age, eyelid tissue changes. These changes can also be hereditary. The result is excess skin, leading to a feeling of heaviness and pressure around the eyes. Irritation and inflammation may also occur in the folds of eyelid skin, due to maceration caused by excess skin. In more advanced cases, the excess skin may begin to touch the eyelashes, often causing difficulties for make-up wearers. Not only from an aesthetic point of view, sagging upper eyelids can also make it difficult for sufferers to read or drive a car, by considerably restricting the field of vision. The procedure involves removing excess skin (dermatochalisis) from the eyelid. An upper eyelid lift makes you look as fresh as you feel: Pressure on the eyelids is gone, as is that tired look.

Gallery Before After

Treatment procedure
At the Bellefontaine Clinic.

Before the procedure

During the initial consultation, we make sure that upper blepharoplasty is a treatment that will meet your expectations. To this end, we clarify questions about your general state of health, measure excess skin and the presence of fat bags in the eyelids. We inform you about outpatient surgery, discuss the additional examinations required for the operation, explain the applicable forms of anesthesia and give an overview of the various stages in the healing process. To avoid jeopardizing the wound-healing process, we strongly advise you not to smoke for around 14 days before and after eyelid surgery.

During the procedure

Prior to eyelid surgery, we carefully plan and design the existing excess skin on photographic documentation of the upper eyelids. For a harmonious, natural result, the eyelids are marked in the supine position. The drawings are very important, and several checks of the drawings are carried out while lying and standing. As a rule, the procedure is performed under local anaesthetic, or if desired, under sedation or general anaesthetic. Afterwards, excess skin is precisely removed by fine work. Extremely fine, continuous stitches are used for the sutures, which sink into the skin and are therefore not visible (intracutaneous) in your blepharoplasty.

After the procedure

During the healing phase, you’ll need to wear sunglasses to avoid straining your eyes. The eye area should be cooled after the procedure with cold pack to reduce bruising and swelling. Swelling around the eyes and bruising will disappear spontaneously within 1 to 2 weeks. You should refrain from sports for 3 weeks. We also advise against wearing contact lenses. When you return home, you should use a higher, well-filled pillow and avoid creams and ointments around the eyelids for the first two weeks after the operation. The first check-up, including the removal of stitches, usually takes place 5 to 7 days after the operation. It is advisable to massage the scar with an apricot-based ointment 2 weeks after removal of the threads used in your Blepharoplasty.

Risks and side effects

If your eyes feel slightly dry immediately after surgery, this is perfectly normal. This sensation disappears after a few days. Bruising and swelling occur regularly, but generally disappear within 1 to 2 weeks. The appearance of a grain of milium is common after surgery in the area of the scars. These small nodules usually disappear within a few weeks without treatment. Infections and hematomas are very rare. If asymmetry persists after 6 months, it can be corrected.

The Bellefontaine Clinic
is highly specialized

Dr. Yann Favre

Eyelid lifts are one of Clinique Bellefontaine’s specialties. Eyelid lift or Blepharoplasty is one of the 3 most popular procedures performed by Dr. med. Yann Favre. To achieve optimum results, it is essential to draw up a plan before the operation. That’s why Dr. med. Yann Favre takes sufficient time and performs several pre-operative examinations of the drawings in both lying and standing positions. Regular in-service training at national and international conferences ensures that the Bellefontaine team is always at the cutting edge of technology and applications to ensure your Blepharoplasty success!

Prices

Treatments Rates
Upper blepharoplasty 3500.- UNDER AL
Upper and lower blepharoplasty 7000.- UNDER AL

Contact

Do you have any questions or would you like to make an appointment at Clinique Bellefontaine? You can send us your request via our contact form or call us on +41 21 601 33 33. We look forward to hearing from you!

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