What are the complications of an eyelid surgery to correct bags?

No surgical procedure is free of risks. This is especially true of aesthetic eyelid surgery, where every millimeter counts and there is no room for error. This is why the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (www.asoprs.org) is dedicated to train the best eyelid surgeons around the world. ASOPRS- trained oculoplastic surgeons are ophthalmologists that have completed a two-year surgical fellowship in plastic and reconstructive surgery of the eyelids, forehead and midface. Needless to say, the risk of complications decrease significantly when and eyelid specialist does your surgery. Oculoplastic surgeons perform thousands of eyelid surgeries every year. Having said this, the main complications after a surgery to correct eyelid bags are: dry eye symptoms, lower eyelid scarring and retraction, and bleeding in the back of the eye. This last complication deserves special attention. If lower eyelid surgery is performed incorrectly, there is a chance that a hematoma will form around the eye; this is called a retrobulbar hematoma, and it is the most feared complication of cosmetic eyelid surgery. A retrobulbar hematoma may cause significant and irreversible loss of vision. When performed by an experienced eyelid surgeon, an operation to treat eye bags has a very low risk of developing this complication, about 1 in 4,000 patients. The bottom line is that you should chose a surgeon with lots of experience to perform your operation.