Eyelid Surgery (Blepharoplasty)

Blepharoplasty at Enhance Medical Center addresses excess skin, puffiness, and hollowing around the eyes for both functional and cosmetic indications. Dr. Charles S. Lee performs upper blepharoplasty to lift and open the visual field, lower blepharoplasty to address under-eye bags and tear-trough hollowing, and double-eyelid surgery for patients seeking Asian eyelid crease creation. His fellowship training in aesthetic craniofacial surgery in Seoul provides advanced technical grounding in Asian eyelid anatomy. Procedures are conducted under local or general anaesthesia and typically complete in sixty to ninety minutes.

Eyelid surgery at Enhance Medical Center encompasses upper blepharoplasty, lower blepharoplasty, and Asian double-eyelid procedures, performed by Dr. Charles S. Lee whose dual board-certification in plastic surgery and otolaryngology and Seoul-based craniofacial fellowship give him precision familiarity with periocular anatomy across a range of ethnic backgrounds. Upper blepharoplasty removes or redistributes excess skin and underlying orbicularis muscle in the upper eyelid that accumulates with age or sun exposure, lifting the eyelid crease and opening the visual field. In functional cases where ptosis (drooping of the levator palpebrae superioris muscle) coexists with skin excess, the procedure may include a concurrent ptosis repair to restore the eyelid to its natural resting position, improving peripheral vision and reducing compensatory brow elevation. Lower blepharoplasty addresses the two common presentations of lower-eyelid ageing: fat herniation producing under-eye puffiness and bags, and volume loss in the tear-trough region producing hollowing and shadowing. In the fat-preserving (transconjunctival fat repositioning) technique, lower orbital fat is not removed but rather redistributed into the tear-trough depression, simultaneously improving both the bag and the hollow in a single manoeuvre; this approach preserves total orbital fat volume, which is important because over-resection in younger patients can accelerate skeletonisation of the periocular area over time. Asian double-eyelid surgery — the creation of a supratarsal crease in patients with a monolid configuration — is performed using either the incisional technique (which provides a permanent, reliable crease and allows concurrent removal of excess skin or fat) or the suture/non-incisional technique (suitable for patients without significant excess tissue and who prefer a shorter recovery). Dr. Lee's Seoul fellowship training provides specific expertise in Asian eyelid anatomy, where the pretarsal fat and levator anatomy differ from Western eyelids, and where crease height and curvature preferences differ by ethnicity and gender. Recovery involves bruising and swelling peaking at days two to four and largely resolving by ten to fourteen days. Final results are evident at six to eight weeks.