In fact, there are many factors that we need to consider when doing eye plastic surgery, such as the relationship between eyebrows, eyelids, and orbits, the relationship between skin, fat, and muscles, the fold height, depth, and length, the symmetry of the eyes, the position and

Beauty seekers often ask in the background: Why do we need to do eyelid lift when doing double eyelids? Is levator eyelid surgery necessary? Is it okay to just do double eyelid surgery? I will answer these questions one by one today.

In fact, there are many factors that we need to consider when doing eye plastic surgery , such as the relationship between eyebrows, eyelids , eye sockets, the relationship between skin, fat, and muscles, fold height, depth, length, symmetry of the eyes, the position and width of the eyeliner, and protruding eyeballs, etc.

Secondly, only after the doctor fully understands the eye condition of the patient, can he determine the appropriate specific surgical method and other issues. So we can’t just do whatever we want. There are many factors that experienced doctors need to consider.

Back to the topic, we are discussing the levator muscle issue today:

First of all, what is the levator muscle?

Lifting surgery is a surgery to improve our ptosis, helping our eyeballs to be fully exposed, so that we can open our eyes wider and look more alert.

So what is ptosis?

Ptosis: refers to the insufficiency or loss of the levator eyelid muscle and smooth muscle, resulting in partial or complete drooping of the upper eyelid. In mild cases, part of the pupil is covered, and in severe cases, the pupil is completely covered. In congenital cases, it can also cause amblyopia.

Many people work very hard when opening their eyes. They must rely on the power of the frontal muscles to raise their eyebrows to open their eyes wide. This can easily lead to forehead wrinkles , which is what we often call ptosis. In layman's terms, there is a muscle in the eye called the levator palpebrae superioris. Ptosis is an eye deformity in which the upper eyelid lift is hindered due to the lack of power of the levator palpebrae superioris.

What are the dangers of ptosis?

① Harm to vision: can cause vision loss, amblyopia, etc.

② Affects appearance and psychology: unilaterally or bilaterally under the upper eyelids destroys the beauty of the eyes, making the eyes dull and giving people a feeling of listlessness.

③ Premature skin aging, forming forehead wrinkles: Eye intensity ptosis, which will cause the frontalis muscle to contract forcefully when the eyes are opened, forming obvious forehead wrinkles.

How to judge whether you have ptosis problem?

STEP1: Take out a mirror and observe the exposure of your eyes. Usually when our eyes are in their natural state, when looking straight ahead, the pupils are fully exposed. If your upper eyelid covers one-third of your pupil, you may have levator muscle weakness. The more it covers, the more serious the muscle weakness will be.

STEP2: Do the action of opening your eyes and looking up in front of the mirror. Press your eyebrows with your paws to see if you can open your eyes wide. If not, you must have a weakness of the upper eyelid muscles.

Which group of people need muscle lift during double eyelid surgery? Which groups of people don’t need it?

1. If you really have ptosis, you can do it. If you don’t do it, you will still look lackluster in the future. And even if you do double eyelids, it won’t last long, and the double eyelids will still fall off later; because double eyelids are for eyelid problems, while levator surgery is for eye problems.

Left picture: The effect of double eyelid surgery only if levator muscle is weak

Right picture: The effect of double eyelid + ptosis correction if levator muscle is weak

2. If the eyelids are loose and fat covers the pupil of the eye, resulting in the appearance of ptosis, there is no need to perform a levator surgery.

Give an example

Finally, let me give you a simple case to facilitate your understanding:

I met a person who wanted to have beautiful eyes before. When she was having double eyelid surgery, her eyes were drooped due to the doctor's mistake, and her eyes looked dull and aged.

This little girl's facial features are generally good, but the most obvious problem is her eyes. The last operation failed, resulting in asymmetrical eyes, inconsistent curvature, and wide, large and false double eyelids. And the right levator muscle was damaged, causing ptosis.From an overall facial perspective, the failure of the surgery resulted in the little girl's eyes looking dull, dull, and very "weird" , which greatly affected the girl's temperament and appearance.

Five months after the operation, feedback from beauty seekers

So the surgical plan set for this girl according to the situation was: incisional double eyelid repair+right levator muscle repair+autologous fat filling, mainly aimed at repairing the levator muscle and double eyelid problems.

The little girl recovered very well after the operation. When she smiled, her double eyelids became lively and natural, and her eyes changed from dull to lively. She looked young and energetic!

Postoperative feedback from beauty seekers

Finally, the treatment of the levator muscle varies from person to person. Not every beauty seeker who undergoes double eyelid surgery needs correction of the levator muscle. So this requires a good pre-operative examination. You can usually observe it according to the above-mentioned examination methods. If it is necessary to lift the muscles and affect the image and eye function, then I suggest that you just follow the doctor's arrangements.

Finally, I would like to remind you that levator surgery is difficult, so everyone should be cautious when choosing a doctor. If you have any related questions, you can also leave a message to communicate!