Oculoplasty, also known as oculoplastic surgery or ophthalmic plastic surgery, is a specialized branch of ophthalmology that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of disorders affecting the structures around the eyes, including the eyelids, tear ducts, orbit (eye socket), and the surrounding facial tissues. Oculoplastic surgeons are ophthalmologists who have undergone additional training in plastic and reconstructive surgery specifically related to the eyes and its adjacent structures.
Aging and the Eyelids (By Birth): Excess eyelid skin and lowering of the eyebrows can make you look aged distressed. Excess skin may reduce your peripheral vision. Eyelid Lift (Blepharoplasty) is used to treat this kind of imparity to uplift the eyelids and restoring any lost function of the eyes.
Orbit and Eye Socket: Eye socket encloses the muscles that move the eye, bones, and fat to protect it. The orbits get affected by distress, infection, tumors, or by several medicinal disorders. Various types of socket reconstruction techniques are done to treat the eyeball which may have to be removed or reconstructed.
Watery and Teary Eyes: There is a passage known as “tear duct” which discharges the tear from our eyes through eyelids. Blockage in that tear duct is the major cause of watering in the eye. In adults, the watering starts to discharge due to infection in the drainage system. A DCR surgery is performed to create a new passage between the tear duct and the nose, bypassing the blockage and allowing tears to drain normally again