Eyelid Edema

Sami, Mirwat S. M.D.
Soparkar, Charles N.S M.D., Ph.D.
Patrinely, James R. M.D.
Tower, Robert N. M.D.

¹Plastic Eye Surgery Associates, PLLC, Houston, Texas

Address for correspondence and reprint requests: Charles N.S Soparkar, M.D., Ph.D., Plastic Eye Surgery Associates, PLLC, 3730 Kirby, Suite 900, Houston, TX 77098.

Seminars in Plastic Surgery 21(1):p 24-31, February 2007.

Facial aesthetic surgeons are sometimes challenged by the predicament of diagnosing and managing patients with chronic eyelid edema. Herein we provide a brief review of some of the more common causes of pre- and postoperative eyelid edema, many of which have important systemic implications, and offer management suggestions.