This is a surgical procedure done to rejuvenate the periocular region and give a more vivid appearance to the eyes. It consists in resecting the excess skin of the upper eyelids or ‘bags’ formed in the lower eyelids that most of time are found with wrinkled and surplus skin, which prematurely gives an appearance of old age and exhaustion.

The upper or lower eyelids can be operated at the same time according to the conditions of the patient, it can be performed on an outpatient basis with local or general anesthesia with slight pain after the surgery, as the tissue is healing the scar is almost imperceptible. Moreover, this procedure can be combined with eyebrow lift in order to have better results. However, the indication of this kind of procedure is not just aesthetic, also it is performed when the growth of excess skin affects the correct vision.