Heavy upper lids and puffy lower lids make you look tired, sad, or older than you feel, and no serum or filler can lift skin that has already stretched. Blepharoplasty with Dr. Diane Alexander removes the excess and reshapes the eye area so you look rested, open, and like yourself.
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Skin around the eyes is the thinnest on the face, which is why it loosens first and why a small change there reads so loudly. The upside is that eyelid surgery is one of the shortest procedures we do, with one of the quickest recoveries, and the difference in how your whole face reads is out of proportion to the size of the surgery.
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Loose skin that folds over the crease, hides your eyeshadow, and in some cases rests on the lashes. Dr. Alexander removes the excess through an incision tucked into the natural crease of the lid, so the scar disappears into a fold you already have.
Bags and puffiness caused by fat pads that have pushed forward, along with loose skin and fine creasing below the lashes. Depending on your anatomy, the incision sits just under the lash line or inside the lid where it is never seen.
Many patients treat upper and lower lids in one session. One procedure, one recovery, and a result that looks balanced rather than half finished.
WHO IT IS FOR
Good candidates typically:
✦ Have upper lids that look heavy or hooded, or lower lids that look puffy or tired, regardless of how much sleep they get
✦ Have tried Botox, fillers, or skincare and found the real issue is skin and fat, not lines
✦ Are in good general health with no eye conditions that would affect healing
✦ Do not smoke, or are willing to stop before surgery
✦ Want to look refreshed and like themselves, not altered
THE PROCESS
Meet Dr. Alexander at our Northside office. She assesses your eye area, listens to what you want to change, and gives you detailed, honest recommendations. You leave knowing what she suggests, why, and what it costs.
Once you decide to move forward, we schedule your surgery and walk you through preparation, including which medications to pause and how to reduce bruising ahead of time.
Upper eyelid surgery is performed in our office under local anesthesia. Lower eyelid surgery is done in our operating room under general anesthesia or monitored sedation, depending on your plan. Most procedures take one to two hours and you go home the same day.
Expect swelling and bruising for the first week or two. Ice, head elevation, and arnica handle most of it. Sutures come out around day six or seven. Most patients are back to desk work within a week, with eye makeup and contacts after two weeks and full exercise at four to six weeks.
Two decades in facial plastic surgery and aesthetics - guided by an artist’s eye and a whole-person approach to beauty. Dr. Alexander graduated cum laude from Yale University and went on to earn her medical degree at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Following medical school, she trained at Emory University in the general and plastic surgery residency programs. Dr. Alexander co-founded Atlanta’s first all-woman-physician plastic surgery practice. With more than twenty years in plastic surgery and a focus on facial plastics and aesthetics, she approaches every procedure as both surgeon and artist. She has since expanded that vision beyond the operating room - into skin, hormones, and longevity - through Artisan Beauté & Wellness, building a 360-degree approach to health, beauty, and wellness for the women she serves.
Make your transformation accessible with payment plans designed around your budget.
One to two hours of surgery. A week or two of recovery. Years of looking like yourself again. Schedule a consultation with Dr. Alexander and find out what is possible.
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