For your comfort and convenience, eyelid lift surgeries are performed in our Saskatoon office in our fully accredited surgery facility. The freezing for blepharoplasty is performed with local medicine within the skin around the eye.We understand if you are nervous for surgery near your eye and you will be offered the option of having a mild sedative medicine to help you relax for the procedure. Fortunately, you do not need to be put to sleep to have a blepharoplasty surgery.