When you book your appointment to discuss eyelid surgery, you will be sent a Patient Information Form. Completing this and returning it prior to your appointment will streamline your appointment.
You should expect to spend about an hour with Dr Gavin Sandercoe. During this time he will take a thorough history and full facial examination. Your main points of concern, and a detailed examination of your eyelids and surrounding structures, will help plan which is the most appropriate surgical technique for you. Digital photographs are taken to assist with planning and explaining any asymmetries or limitations.
Dr Gavin Sandercoe is a fully qualified Specialist Plastic Surgeon with training and experience in many techniques of blepharoplasty. He does not favour one particular technique – instead, he will help you understand which procedure will best suit your upper face and your recovery needs.
Dr Gavin Sandercoe will discuss what you wish to achieve from your procedure. The risks and expectations of the procedure are then discussed and you are given a take home information package to review before your second consultation.
You are offered a second consultation free of charge to give you the opportunity to ask more questions that may have arisen after reading your information package, and to confirm your aims and choices.
Dr Gavin Sandercoe only performs blepharoplasty in accredited hospitals and day surgeries, ensuring that your safety is paramount. Prior to your operation, you will have planning marks drawn on you and a digital photograph taken.
You are put to sleep by a specialist anaesthetist (general anaesthetic), and pain relief and antibiotics are given through a drip before the operation is started.
Local anaesthetic is instilled in the operating area. The incisions are made and the eyelid skin is lifted up to allow manipulation of the underlying tissues into a more youthful position. Any excess skin is removed, and the incisions are closed and dressings applied.
Most eyelid surgery is a day surgery procedure, so you will be able to go home on the same day as your blepharoplasty operation.
