blepharoplasty
noun
bleph·a·ro·plas·ty
ˈble-fə-rō-ˌpla-stē 
: plastic surgery on the eyelid especially to remove fatty or excess tissue
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News host opens up about going under the knife for a facelift, a neck lift, and blepharoplasty on her eyes.
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Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 18 June 2025
Most people return to work about 10 to 14 days after a blepharoplasty.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 14 June 2025
Among the individualized add-ons that may come with a beautification lift are an upper and lower blepharoplasty (eyelid lift), which remove slivers of skin from the top lids and bulging fat pads from below to make the eyes look more open and alert.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 10 June 2025
Her procedures included a deep plane facelift, deep necklift, browlift, upper and lower blepharoplasty, fat transfer, lip lift, earlobe reduction and CO2 laser resurfacing.
—Hedy Phillips, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Glaser surely knew the joke would kill with the A-listers in the room, since a good chunk of them had likely undergone blepharoplasty, the official name for the industry’s cosmetic procedure du jour.
—Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2025
If the primary concern is excess eyelid skin, blepharoplasty alone may be sufficient.
—Carlos Wolf, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
Kaitlyn Bristowe is getting candid about her upper blepharoplasty — and how her dog reacted to it.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
An upper blepharoplasty removes excess skin to correct hooding and wrinkling of the upper eyelid, while lower blepharoplasties tighten the skin of the lower lid to remedy under-eye bags.
—Jessica Ourisman, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 18 June 2025
Most people return to work about 10 to 14 days after a blepharoplasty.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 14 June 2025
Among the individualized add-ons that may come with a beautification lift are an upper and lower blepharoplasty (eyelid lift), which remove slivers of skin from the top lids and bulging fat pads from below to make the eyes look more open and alert.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 10 June 2025
Her procedures included a deep plane facelift, deep necklift, browlift, upper and lower blepharoplasty, fat transfer, lip lift, earlobe reduction and CO2 laser resurfacing.
—Hedy Phillips, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Glaser surely knew the joke would kill with the A-listers in the room, since a good chunk of them had likely undergone blepharoplasty, the official name for the industry’s cosmetic procedure du jour.
—Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2025
If the primary concern is excess eyelid skin, blepharoplasty alone may be sufficient.
—Carlos Wolf, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
Kaitlyn Bristowe is getting candid about her upper blepharoplasty — and how her dog reacted to it.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
An upper blepharoplasty removes excess skin to correct hooding and wrinkling of the upper eyelid, while lower blepharoplasties tighten the skin of the lower lid to remedy under-eye bags.
—Jessica Ourisman, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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blepharoplasty
noun
bleph·a·ro·plas·ty
-ˌplas-tē
plural blepharoplasties
: plastic surgery on an eyelid especially to remove fatty or excess tissue
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