Male Blepharoplasty

This male underwent a lower eyelid surgery to improve his under eye appearance. He had prominent fat pockets and volume loss. A lower eyelid blepharoplasty using a minimally invasive approach was performed. Excess fat was repositioned along his lower eyelid area to improve the hollowing a well.  Notice the natural looking result, where both the excess fat pockets are removed and his hollowing is also improved.

Preoperative Diagnosis: Lower lid aging

Procedure performed: Lower eyelid blepharoplasty with fat repositioning

Surgeon: Christopher Zoumalan, MD. Oculoplastic Surgeon

Location: Beverly Hills, California

This patient had under eye bags and wished to have an improvement. A lower eyelid blepharoplasty, with fat repositioning, and a chemical peel was performed. Quick recovery, and a natural looking result!

Very prominent fat pockets can make you look constantly tired, as seen here. Lower eyelid blepharoplasty  with fat repositioning and chemical peel was performed on this patient. The fat pockets (eye bags), hollowing, and wrinkles were all carefully addressed using a minimally invasive procedure that Dr. Zoumalan terms a Natural Looking Blepharoplasty® technique.

Preoperative Diagnosis: Lower lid aging (excess fat pockets, volume loss along eyelid and cheek area).

Procedure performed:  Lower lid blepharoplasty with fat repositioning.

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This patient had fairly significant lower lid fat pockets. Delicate removal of the fat pockets along with fat repositioning was performed for volume preservation to improve his appearance. Given the advanced techniques used to preserve his lower eyelid volume, no skin was required to be removed, allowing the patient a quick recovery and the preservation of his natural eyelid appearance.

Preoperative Diagnosis: Lower lid orbital fat prolapse.

Procedure performed: Lower lid transconjunctival blepharoplasty with fat repositioning and TCA 30% chemical peel to lower lids, upper lid blepharoplasty.

This young male had very prominent fat prolapse in his lower eyelids. Advanced lower eyelid blepharoplasty surgery using minimally invasive incision and fat repositioning was performed.  No change in eyelid shape was required, and the patient healed well with a quick recovery.

Preoperative Diagnosis: Excess lower lid fat pockets.

Procedure performed: Lower lid blepharoplasty, with fat repositioning.

This male had fairly prominent lower eyelid fat pockets, making him look constantly tired.  A lower eyelid blepharoplasty using a transconjunctival approach (non-visible, minimally invasive approach) was performed. Fat was also repositioned to improve his lower eyelid hollowing.  

Preoperative Diagnosis: Prominent lower eyelid fat pockets.

Procedure performed: Lower eyelid blepharoplasty, fat repositioning.

This patient had a few complaints including droopy upper eyelids, lower eyelid bags, and hollowing/dark circles. A customized approach was taken to address all three issues: upper eyelid ptosis repair and lower eyelid blepharoplasty with complete fat repositioning was performed.

Preoperative Diagnosis: Lower eyelid aging.

Procedure performed: Lower eyelid blepharoplasty using Natural Looking Blepharoplasty  technique.

This young male had very heavy brows and upper eyelids.  A combined brow lift and removal of excess upper eyelid skin was required to help improve his appearance. Eyelid surgery alone would not help given his brow ptosis (low set brows). The procedure was performed in the office in just under an hour, and the patient healed well to return to work in a week.

Preoperative Diagnosis: Upper eyelid aging, brow ptosis.

Procedure performed: Upper eyelid blepharoplasty, lateral brow lift.

This patient had very significant brow ptosis and excess skin in his upper eyelids.  A customized, lateral brow lift and an upper eyelid blepharoplasty was performed to help improve his appearance. The procedure was performed in our office in just under an hour using just local anesthesia.

Preoperative Diagnosis: Upper lid excess skin and brow ptosis, right worse than left.

Procedure performed: Lateral brow lift and upper lid blepharoplasty.

Quad blepharoplasty (upper and lower eyelid surgery) was performed on this patient to help improve his eyelid appearance.  Upper eyelid surgery, lower eyelid surgery and brow suspension was performed to give this patient a more refreshed and rejuvenated look. Lower eyelid fat was repositioned as well to help improve the under eye hollowing.

Preoperative diagnosis: Bilateral upper lid ptosis and brow ptosis, lower lid excess fat pockets.

Procedure performed: Bilateral upper lid ptosis repair, upper and lower lid blepharoplasty with fat repositioning to lower lids, and left brow ptosis repair.

This patient has significant upper eyelid and brow excess tissue, and prominent lower lid fat pockets. A quad blepharoplasty and a brow suspension/brow lift surgery was performed. Note the natural looking results.

Preoperative diagnosis: Bilateral upper lid ptosis and brow ptosis, lower lid excess fat pockets.

Procedure performed: Bilateral upper lid ptosis repair (blepharoplasty) and lateral brow lift, lower lid blepharoplasty.

Excess skin and low set brows were weighing down on this patient’s eyelids and resulting in difficulty seeing in the periphery. A natural looking upper eyelid blepharoplasty with a brow lift/suspension was performed to allow him to have a result that was effective but also preserving his own natural look.

Preoperative Diagnosis: Excess upper lid skin.

Procedure performed: Bilateral upper lid blepharoplasty and lateral brow suspension.

This patient had significant asymmetry in his upper eyelids: his right upper eyelid was droopy (ptosis) and he had excess skin in his upper eyelids.  In order to address his asymmetry, a right upper eyelid ptosis repair and an upper eyelid blepharoplasty was performed bilaterally.  Note the natural looking results.

Preoperative Diagnosis: Right upper lid ptosis and bilateral upper lid excess skin (dermatochalasia).

Procedure performed: Right upper lid ptosis repair and bilateral upper lid blepharoplasty.

There was a significant amount of asymmetry in both upper eyelids, more excess skin was noted in the right than the left upper eyelid. A blepharoplasty was tailored to remove skin in the upper lids to improve the appearance and also improve the symmetry between the two eyelids.

Preoperative Diagnosis: Asymmetric upper lid dermatochalasia (extra skin) resulting in difficulty seeing well and asymmetry.

Procedure performed: Upper lid blepharoplasty.

He had very significant upper eyelid and eyebrow ptosis, resulting in a reduction in his peripheral vision. An upper eyelid blepharoplasty and brow lift was performed to improve his appearance and ability to see well.  The reddish pigmentation on his left upper eyelid is a birthmark.

Preoperative Diagnosis: Upper lid and brow ptosis resulting in difficulty seeing well and a tired appearance.

Procedure performed: Bilateral upper lid blepharoplasty, upper lid ptosis repair, and lateral brow suspension.

This patient had some asymmetry in his upper lids, where his left eyelid was more droopy (ptotic) than his right upper eyelid. He also has under eye bags and excess skin. An upper and lower eyelid blepharoplasty with a left upper eyelid ptosis repair, was performed. This is an example of a very customized eyelid surgery to improve the symmetry between the two eyelids.  Notice the refreshed appearance, the after photo was taken four months out from surgery.

Preoperative Diagnosis Above:Upper lid ptosis and upper and lower lid dermatochalasia.

Procedure performed:Upper lid ptosis repair, upper lid blepharoplasty and lower lid blepharoplasty.

This patient had low set brow and excess skin in his upper eyelids. An upper eyelid and brow ptosis surgery was performed to allow for a more rested and improved appearance.

Preoperative Diagnosis:Upper lid and brow ptosis resulting in difficulty seeing well and a tired appearance.

Procedure performed:Bilateral upper lid blepharoplasty, upper lid ptosis repair, and lateral brow suspension.

This male patient underwent an Asian eyelid surgery to improve his upper eyelid appearance. Excess skin was removed, and his lid crease was refined to maintain a natural but enhanced appearance.  

Preoperative Diagnosis:Upper lid dermatochalasia (extra skin) resulting in lid hooding and ptosis.

Procedure performed:Bilateral Asian double eyelid blepharoplasty.

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This patient wished to have a more “softer” look to his eyelids. He wished to improve his upper eyelid appearance and look less tired.  He was also wishing to have his lower lid “bags” or fat pockets improved.  A quad blepharoplasty along with upper eyelid ptosis repair was performed.  Note the refreshed appearance he has attained after eyelid surgery.

Preoperative Diagnosis: Eyelid aging changes.

Procedure performed: Upper and lower lid blepharoplasty

This patient only desired to undergo upper eyelid surgery. Despite having lower eyelid aging changes, he only wished to undergo an upper eyelid blepharoplasty to improve his ability to see well in his peripheral vision. Excess skin was weighing down on his upper eyelids. This procedure took less than one hour to perform using only local anesthesia in our office.

Preoperative Diagnosis: Excess skin in upper eyelids.

Procedure performed: Upper lid blepharoplasty

This patient wished to have excess skin removed in his upper eyelids. There was some asymmetry to his upper eyelids, the left had more skin. A customized, upper eyelid blepharoplasty was performed to improve his appearance, help him look more refreshed, and also more symmetrical.

Preoperative Diagnosis: Upper lid excess skin

Procedure performed:  Upper lid blepharoplasty

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This male desired an improvement in his upper eyelid and brows. He was tired of the heavy feeling of having excess skin and his brows weighing down on his eyelids.  An upper eyelid blepharoplasty and a brow lift (modified, naturally designed male brow lift) was performed to improve his appearance and symptoms.  This procedure was performed in the office in just under an hour using only local anesthesia.

Preoperative Diagnosis: Excess upper lid skin and brow ptosis

Procedure performed: Upper lid blepharoplasty, brow lift

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An upper and lower eyelid blepharoplasty (quad blepharoplasty) was performed to improve this patient’s appearance. A combined facelift was also performed at the same time by Dr. Richard Zoumalan, a board-certified facial plastic surgeon.

Preoperative diagnosis: Upper and lower lid dermatochalasia and lower lid fat prolapse.

Procedure performed : Upper and lower lid blepharoplasty and periorbital fat grafting. Deep plane face lift (facialplasty) and periorbital fat and facial fat grafting performed by Dr. Richard Zoumalan.