02/04/2026
The skin hooding over the eyelid and the eyelid itself act a little like a sash window with roman blinds, the two connected in a seesaw kind of way.
Lifting the closed window only (ptosis repair) lowers the blinds with more fabric (or skin hooding) showing.
Lifting the blinds alone (blepharoplasty) without dealing with a closed window, makes the window seem more closed.
Both need assessing in every upper lid surgery and if needed, both need correcting.
Ptosis surgery defines how open the window is.
Blepharoplasty defines the length of fabric showing.
The combination of ptosis repair and blepharoplasty on two eyes is tricky to get right and needs careful measurements and a lot of patience during surgery. But for those with that patience, it might well be the one of the most fun procedures to do.
✅ Upper blepharoplasty & ptosis repair.
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👩 Actual patient of Dr Koutroumanos pictured