What is Almond Eye Surgery?

Depending on the ethnicity, almond eyes are considered more beautiful and attractive and youthful. Almond Eye Surgery creates slightly higher lateral canthus with the lower eyelids sitting just at the lower border of the iris without any scleral showing. In other words, the outer corner of the eye and colored part of the eyeball have white showing under the iris.

Many people are blessed with naturally inherited almond eye shape. Although, that is not to say, non-almond eyes cannot be beautiful. There are a variety of other factors that make eyes beautiful and ethnic variations exist.

What to expect during and after almond eye surgery?

Almond eye surgery is performed under local anesthesia with or without conscious sedation. It is important for the patient to be able to open his/her eyes during surgery to achieve an optimal outcome. As with most eyelid procedures, the patient goes home after Almond Eye Surgery. Consequently, patients expect to have bruising/swelling for 7-10 days. Pain is mild and only for the first day, controlled by oral medication. Patients can resume normal activities after about a week, although complete healing takes weeks to a few months.