Your case is assessed by the surgeon, who confirms the price before any booking is made.
A few photos sent to a coordinator are enough to start an online conversation. The first consultation is free and without obligation, and you decide on surgery only afterwards.
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Blepharoplasty may be carried out on the upper lids, the lower lids, or both at once. The approaches are distinguished by the position of the incision. At the consultation the surgeon examines your lids and helps you choose.
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
This is a general description of the methods. Both the extent of surgery and the recovery vary from patient to patient, and the surgeon confirms them for your case after an examination.
In the consultation, the surgeon sets out a plan for your case and describes every step.
You will hear honestly from the surgeon if your concern can be solved without surgery. The operation is an option only when it suits 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?
A coordinator receives your photos in Telegram or WhatsApp and passes them to the surgeon. The surgeon gives an opinion, and you are under no obligation to have surgery.
The steps are explained to you before they happen, so you know what is next and whom to contact.
1
Online consultation and plan
In an online conversation, with your photos to hand, you and the surgeon discuss what you want. The surgeon then outlines a plan for the upper lids, lower lids, or both.
2
Choosing and booking the date
Confirmation of the plan and the price comes before you choose a date. A coordinator is available at any time of day or night to answer questions and help organise things.
3
Pre-operative preparation and tests
As part of preparation, your medicines and medical history are reviewed, and you have an eye assessment, photographs and standard tests. Stopping blood-thinning medicines and supplements happens only on the surgeon's instructions, while smoking should be stopped 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
Some swelling and bruising around the eyes is normal. Help comes from cold compresses and sleeping with the head raised, while an overnight stay depends on the individual.
6
Recovery and follow-up
Within the first couple of weeks, swelling settles. If stitches are not dissolving, they are usually removed within the first week, and the surgeon arranges follow-up checks while the final contour develops over several months.
You will learn from the surgeon, at the consultation, how the operation would run in your case.
Begin with a message and a few photos to a coordinator on Telegram or WhatsApp. The surgeon will review your case and outline a plan online, and the first consultation is free and without obligation.
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 are normal and settle over the first couple of weeks. Many people return to desk work after one to two weeks. Avoid contact lenses, eye make-up, strenuous exercise and heavy lifting as advised; recovery is individual.
Hidden scarring is possible in the upper lid because the incision is placed in the natural crease and is concealed when the eye is open. The lower lid incision is made just below the lash line, or inside the lid so that no skin incision is made.
You will be told about the risks by the surgeon ahead of surgery: temporary eye dryness or irritation, bruising, asymmetry, infection and scarring. In rare cases there may be changes in vision or difficulty closing the eyes fully.
The following may rule surgery out or need to be cleared first: uncontrolled high blood pressure or diabetes, clotting disorders, severe dry-eye disease, active infection, unstable thyroid eye disease, serious heart or lung disease, pregnancy, or being under 18.
Several months pass before the final contour settles. You can expect a long-lasting result, though you will go on ageing naturally. Lifting the eyebrows or cheeks, removing pigmentation dark circles and erasing fine wrinkles are not what the operation does.
It is dependent on the extent of the operation, be it upper, lower or both lids, and on the anaesthesia that is chosen. The price is not set until the surgeon has assessed you, and it is confirmed before you book.
It helps to be clear about what eyelid surgery does not do. It does not lift the eyebrows or cheeks, remove dark circles caused by pigmentation or erase fine wrinkles. What it does is treat excess skin and fat of the lids. Anyone in Bologna thinking about it should discuss these limits with the surgeon first.
There is no need to arrange anything in person at the start. From Bologna, you have a video or message conversation and send clear photos of your eyes and face. The surgeon uses them to outline the operation, the anaesthesia and the recovery. Contact lenses and eye make-up are avoided for a couple of weeks after surgery.
Step one is a message. Choose Telegram or WhatsApp, write to a coordinator and arrange your free online consultation. Anyone in Bologna can do this in a few minutes. The surgeon then reviews the photos and confirms the plan and the price, and you book only once both are clear to you.