Eyelid Surgery
Questions about eyelid surgery
You will get more from an eyelid surgery consultation if you know what you want answered before you sit down. If you live in Redmond or nearby, start with the questions below and leave the verdict on your eyes to a surgeon.
Settle these with the office before you book eyelid work
- Which eyelids are being discussed, upper, lower or both, and why?
- Who performs the surgery, and where?
- Does the quote list the surgeon, facility and anesthesia fees separately?
- What should you plan for at home, and for how many days?
- How does the office handle questions between visits?
Two framings of eyelid surgery
Different publishers frame these procedures differently. A society article on how facial plastic surgery is changing for men shows one framing, and it is a prompt to ask your surgeon how they work with patients like you.
A public health service page on eyelid surgery is plain reading that can help you shape your questions.
More eyelid surgery questions
Each page below takes one question from the consultation room. Start with the surgery itself. Read about the steps of the operation, what a patient is asked to do to help the outcome and how your eyes may look as the years go by.
The next group is about the person holding the scalpel. You can ask about the number of training years in plastic surgery, whether the training was specifically in plastic surgery, whether the surgeon holds certification from the American Board of Plastic Surgery and whether there are hospital privileges for this kind of procedure.
The last group is about you. These pages cover candidacy for lid surgery, what makes someone a good fit for an operation in general and how safe the surgery is. When you are ready to make your own list, the questions to put to a plastic surgeon is a good place to begin.
Questions about your own eyes belong with a surgeon who has examined you.