Patients come to Dr. Murrell for a variety of oculoplastic procedures. They trust his training, expertise, and experience as a board-certified ophthalmologist. That focus on the eyes gives our patients an added degree of confidence heading into these surgeries.
Candidacy for these surgeries may be purely for aesthetic reasons or they may be necessary to correct problems such as ectropion/entropion or eyelid tumors.
If you feel as if your sagging, droopy eyelids are aging your face beyond your years, blepharoplasty is a great procedure. It’s acknowledged to take about a decade off your facial age. The same is true with ptosis, but the more extensive drooping that merits this surgery can usually lead to insurance coverage.
As for issues such as an eyelid turned the wrong way and causing dry eye, these are conditions that need correcting, so you don’t damage structures such as your cornea.
Candidates need to be healthy enough for surgery, and expectations need to be realistic, but there’s no reason to avoid these surgeries if they are needed or wanted.