What Type of Anesthesia is used for the Blepharoplasty or eyelid surgery?
The Blepharoplasty or eyelid surgery procedure can be performed under different anesthesia modalities, depending on the patient and the adjunctive procedures being performed. If the patient is having the upper Blepharoplasty or eyelid surgery operation alone, it is my preference to do this with local anesthesia and a light oral sedation. It can also be performed with IV sedation anesthesia if the patient prefers but it's highly discouraged. In 15 years, dr. Araya did not have to put anyone to sleep/IV sedation or general anesthesia. Unlike Plastic surgeons that routinely put patients under IV or general sedation, because they do not have ophthalmology surgical training, Dr. Araya has the ophthalmology training and is extremely comfortable working in the eyelids.
I perform the Blepharoplasty or eyelid surgery in our Washington dc surgical suite. Because I believe that patients recover best outside of a hospital environment, they are allowed to return home or to their hotel room the same day after they recover.
