Has anyone had an eye lid lift?

I’ve had it done both ways. I had no problem with having it done in the office with just a local. It was a revision of the blepharoplasty I had a couple of months earlier. It wasn’t quite perfect, so the doctor fixed it in the office. I saw no need to have the whole sedation thing again. Mainly, because I was completely awake when I had it done in the hospital with light sedation. Something happened to my drugs. Lol.

I also had my first blepharoplasty quite a few years ago with deep IV sedation. Not general though.

I didn’t find the numbing injection that painful, but I have had Botox. Lol.

Good luck. I would do it again with no hesitation.

Thanks.

Forgot to add. It was just one eye that I had local in the office for revision.

I have never heard of this being done as an office procedure. It takes about an hour and a half in an operating room by a plastic surgeon. I would worry about an office procedure.
I was going to have it done, but developed very dry eyes after cataract surgery and the eye lid surgery can make your eyes more dry, so Dr advised against it for me.

@drummergirl, Good points. I should explain how mine came about.

My first blepharoplasty was done by a board certified plastic surgeon in his surgical unit with an anesthesiologist and nurse. IV sedation and I was out. He did both eyes upper and lower lids.

Fast forward about 14 years. I developed Ptosis. You couldn’t tell I had had my upper lids done. I had it done by a board certified ophthalmologist plastic surgeon in a major hospital operating room. Supposedly had IV sedation, but I never went to sleep. Was aware of everything going on and even asked for more local cause I was hurting. Lol. She lifted the tendon in the eyelids to pull them up. She removed more skin as well. This is really what I needed the first time.

After I was healing, it became obvious the left eye wasn’t quite right and so she adjusted the tendon in my revision surgery in her office with local.

I agree that the surgery either caused or exacerbated my dry eye. If warned would I had done it? I’m not sure.

Thanks. I am going to cancel the office procedure appt. and make appt. for conscious sedation which might not be until 4 to 6 months. It is not an emergency. It is mainly my right eye and for me it is more cosmetic as that eye is a lazy eye (called amblyopia) so I don't think it would impact on my vision. I do have dry eyes. This is very helpful.

Celia- ok, gotcha. I am still working on a dry eye solution, but hope you are doing well. Nice to get your eyes looking the way you like them to look.

I have had the procedure done twice. Presently I am have a new procedure. It is 4 treatments done with radio frequency for my lower lids. $2000 out of pocket but painless and appears to be working

@ozziero , that sounds amazing! I hope it works well.

I should start by saying I am an 85-year old widow who lives alone but am in good health. I had bilateral cataract surgery in late 2024 with EDOF lens implants and afterwards my eyes needed only 1.5 correction for reading. I had some problems with halos and vitreous detachment after healing and had laser done to repair. I am also on Latanaprost for glaucoma. At first my distant vision was excellent and I only needed reading glasses but began having problems with blurry vision so was using warm compresses and trying various eyedrops (per opthalmologist and optometrist) but then they suggested that upper eyelid blepharoplasty would help with the blurry vision and I had the procedure done bilaterally in late Oct. '25. Now my left eyelid does not fully close when I am asleep. (The surgeon had me close both eyes during the procedure to be sure they would close properly but she didn't have me relax them while closed and that is the problem when sleeping!)
Unfortunately it turned out that I already had un-diagnosed dry eye and it has been awful since then! Not only blurry vision but eye discomfort whenever air blows across my eyes. In Jan. this year I was started on warm compresses and artificial tears q 1hr for 2 wks. I tried several different eye drops, moisture sleep mask and wearing wraparound glasses. One problem is that the drops themselves make vision blurry for a while and then it's time for the next drops. Vision and discomfort stayed about the same.
Along the way my distance vision deteriorated until some days I can't clearly see past the dash on my car and all vision is blurry. Other days it's only distance vision which is bad and very occasionally I'll have a few hours when I can see pretty clearly. I was started on Restasis almost 3 months ago but haven't seen much effect yet. (Am told it can take 6 mos to see any results from that). Because Latanaprost drops can contribute to dry eye, my Op . Surgeon is now suggesting SLT procedure so I can discontinue drops for glaucoma but I am hesitant to add another procedure at this time as nothing else has seemed to work.
I am really frustrated because there is nothing which seems to actually improve the blurry vision. The whole purpose of EDOF lenses in the first place was good distance vision and now my vision fluctuate so much that it measures differently each time I see one of my eye doctors. But generally, at best, distance vision is barely acceptable and I am uncomfortable driving with it this way. Vision was much better before this whole thing got started with the cataract surgery and the cascading problems afterwards.