Before you book, the surgeon assesses your case and confirms the price.
Share a few photos with a coordinator, then talk it over online. The first consultation is free and without obligation, and you decide on surgery only afterwards.
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Blepharoplasty can be done on the upper eyelids, the lower eyelids, or both in one operation. The approaches differ in where the incision is placed. At the consultation the surgeon helps you choose after examining your lids.
Upper blepharoplasty
Incision in the natural eyelid crease
Price at consultation
Main goal
Remove excess skin of the upper lids
Best suited when
Lids feel heavy, or skin folds rest on the lashes
Approach
Scar is hidden in the crease when the eye is open
Lower blepharoplasty
Incision below the lash line or inside the lid
Price at consultation
Main goal
Treat under-eye bags and loose lower-lid skin
Best suited when
There is puffiness, or loose skin under the eyes
Approach
Inside-the-lid approach has no skin incision, for fat
What is written here about the methods is general. Extent of surgery and recovery are individual, and after examining you the surgeon confirms both for your case.
The surgeon uses the consultation to build a plan for your case, explaining each step as they go.
The surgeon will honestly tell you if your concern can be solved without an operation. An operation is considered only when it fits your health and goals.
Suitable
Heavy or drooping upper eyelids
Eyes that look tired or smaller than you feel
Skin folds resting on the lashes
Narrowed upper field of vision from skin folds
Puffiness or bags under the eyes
Loose skin of the lower eyelids
A wish for a calmer, more rested look
Not suitable
Uncontrolled high blood pressure or diabetes
Blood clotting disorders
Severe dry-eye disease
Active eye or skin infection
Unstable thyroid eye disease
Serious heart or lung disease
Pregnancy, breastfeeding, or under 18
Not sure which column applies to you?
Send your photographs to a coordinator through Telegram or WhatsApp. You will get the surgeon's opinion after they review them, and this does not oblige you to have surgery.
Every stage is explained beforehand, so you know what follows and whom to ask.
1
Online consultation and plan
Photos and an online conversation with the surgeon come first. You discuss what you hope to achieve, and the surgeon then proposes a plan for upper lids, lower lids, or both.
2
Choosing and booking the date
When the plan and the price have been confirmed, you pick a date that suits you. A coordinator can answer questions and help with arrangements at any hour.
3
Pre-operative preparation and tests
Preparation includes the surgeon's review of your medical history and medicines, an eye assessment, photographs and standard tests. Stop blood-thinning medicines and supplements only if the surgeon tells you to, and give up smoking as advised.
4
The operation
Anaesthesia is either local with sedation or general, and the surgeon and anaesthetist choose which. In the operation, the surgeon removes excess skin and, where needed, moves or removes small amounts of fat.
5
The first hours and days
Around the eyes, swelling and bruising are to be expected. You can ease them with cold compresses and by sleeping with the head raised, and the surgeon decides individually whether you stay overnight.
6
Recovery and follow-up
Stitches, if they do not dissolve, are usually removed within the first week, and swelling settles over the first couple of weeks. You have follow-up checks with the surgeon, and the final contour settles over several months.
At the consultation the surgeon will explain how the operation goes in your case.
Send a few photos with a message to a coordinator on Telegram or WhatsApp. Your first consultation costs nothing and obliges you to nothing, and the surgeon will look at your case and sketch a plan online.
During the operation the surgeon takes away excess skin and, where needed, repositions or removes small amounts of fat, sometimes tightening muscle. The surgeon and anaesthetist choose between local anaesthesia with sedation and general anaesthesia.
Swelling and bruising around the eyes are a normal part of healing and settle over the first couple of weeks. Desk work is something many people resume after one to two weeks. Avoiding contact lenses, eye make-up, strenuous exercise and heavy lifting is part of the advice, and recovery is individual.
The scar of an upper blepharoplasty is hidden when the eye is open, because the incision lies in the natural eyelid crease. For the lower lids, the incision is either just below the lash line or inside the lid, leaving no skin incision.
The surgeon explains risks before surgery: temporary dryness or irritation of the eyes, bruising, asymmetry, infection and scarring. Rarely, there may be changes in vision or difficulty closing the eyes fully.
If you have uncontrolled high blood pressure or diabetes, clotting disorders, severe dry-eye disease, active infection, unstable thyroid eye disease, or serious heart or lung disease, surgery may be unsuitable or need clearing first. The same applies to pregnancy and to those under 18.
Over several months the final contour settles. Natural ageing continues, even though the result is long-lasting. Eyebrows and cheeks are not lifted by the operation, and it does not remove pigmentation dark circles or erase fine wrinkles.
It varies with the scope of surgery, such as upper, lower or both lids, and with the anaesthesia chosen. Before you book, and after the surgeon's assessment, the price is confirmed.
What eyelid surgery does and does not change in Antwerp
Eyelid surgery works on the skin and fat of the eyelids, not on the brows or cheeks. Patients in Antwerp often ask about it because of puffiness or bags under the eyes, or because the skin of the lower lids has become loose. Upper and lower lids can be treated in one operation, and that choice is made at the consultation.
The process begins with a free online consultation. You send photographs and talk with us from Antwerp, and the surgeon then examines the information and prepares an individual plan. Anaesthesia is chosen by the surgeon and anaesthetist according to the extent of surgery. Swelling and bruising around the eyes are normal and settle over the first couple of weeks.
Booking comes last, not first. Begin by messaging a coordinator on Telegram or WhatsApp from Antwerp, then have the free online consultation. The surgeon examines your photographs, confirms the plan and tells you the price. Only after that do you decide whether to go ahead, and coordinators remain available 24/7.