As you know, the eyes - a "mirror" of the soul: the expression of the eyes, the skin around the eye area play an important role in how we perceive the surrounding. "Crow's feet" around the eyes, swollen eyelids, bags under the eyes - all this can instantly ruin the appearance and "give" a few extra years. For correction of age-related changes and is eyelid - a comprehensive plastic surgery allows to solve a number of serious problems with the exterior.

Interestingly, eyelid surgery - one of the oldest cosmetic surgeries Cosmetic surgery: radical transformation : In 1478, described the first method blepharoplasty (eyelid), involves excision of excess skin of the upper eyelids. The term "blepharoplasty" complex operations, somehow affect the upper or lower eyelids began to denote the beginning of the nineteenth century (the name "blepharoplasty" is derived from the Greek "blefaron" or "lid" and "plastos" - "creation"). But in the twentieth century was the century of plastic - and still is - one of the most popular operations performed by plastic surgeons. The popularity of this operation, however, is not surprising - eyelid surgery by eliminating a whole range of age-related changes can really make a person younger.

Eyelid surgery: correction of age-related complex

The basic principle eyelid or blepharoplasty - surgical removal of excess skin and, in some cases, part of the subcutaneous fat. In addition, often in the eyelid is not performed removal and redistribution of fat tissue in order to achieve the most natural results: eyelid surgery - a procedure so thin that requires special attention and expertise that the slightest mistake the plastic surgeon can significantly spoil the appearance.

Immediate treatment involves the use of special surgical instruments needed to perform incision in the skin of the century and the subsequent suturing. In some cases, instead of the standard surgical thread for fixing section after surgery using special surgical clips. Indications Eyelid surgery can be different - this is the need to correct a number of age-related changes associated with the inevitable aging of the skin Aging Skin: The three most common problems and their solutions And, in some cases, elimination of visual impairment associated with age-related changes Century (sometimes drooping eyelid or loss of elasticity of the skin leads to the fact that a person is not able to open his eyes to the end).

In general, eyelid surgery can be scheduled in the following cases:

• When obvious age-related changes of the skin in the lower eyelid (the formation of excess skin, "sagging" of small facial muscles and gradually drooping fat and cause the characteristic "bags" under the eyes).
• When obvious age-related changes of the skin in the upper eyelids (ptosis century (ptosis), the formation of the characteristic folds of skin hanging - "heavy", swollen upper eyelids).

Plastic upper eyelid often needed is not so much an aesthetic as a medical point of view - the excessive severity of the overhanging skin folds of the upper eyelid can cause the failure of normal, full, open your eyes.

Contraindications

While eyelid surgery - a procedure quite popular, not least because of the proven security, making it possible not always. It is strictly forbidden to do eyelid the following diseases and disorders:

• Heart disease: heart failure Heart failure - when the heart is unable to cope with the work , Circulatory disorders, coronary heart disease, disorders of the cardiovascular system caused by prior myocardial.
• High blood pressure.
• A number of lung diseases: asthma, chronic bronchitis Bronchitis - protection if the body has malfunctioned , Chronic pulmonary insufficiency.
• Chronic liver disease and kidney failure.
• Diabetes.
• Blood diseases.
• Thrombophlebitis.

In addition, do eyelid contraindicated in acute and chronic ophthalmic diseases - diseases of the eye, the conjunctiva, the lacrimal glands. For two weeks before the eyelid is necessary to observe some preparatory measures - including refuse drugs anyway affect blood clotting (aspirin, tsitramon).

Anyone who has ever faced the problem of ingrown nail, knows how much it hurts and creates discomfort. Remove ingrown nail conventional surgical method is also painful. But today, there are quite painless way to remove ingrown nail, which include removing it with a laser.

What ingrown nail

Ingrown nails - ingrown nail plate is big toe into the surrounding soft tissue on one or both sides. A painful process, since it is often accompanied by the addition of an infection, inflammation and pain. The causes of ingrown toenail injuries are often the nail plate due to the constant wearing tight shoes, nail fungal diseases of the foot, especially the hereditary structure of the nail plate.

Ingrown nail goes through three stages:

• noninfectious inflammation with redness and swelling Prevention and treatment of edema - it is important to understand the root cause   soft tissue ingrowth in place;
• infectious inflammation - inflammation in place introduced infection, there pus;
• chronic inflammation - there is proliferation of loose connective (granulation) tissue, which gradually becomes more and more dense, and deformed nail phalanx.

If the first two steps proceed rapidly, in a few days, to form a third stage takes months and sometimes years. By reducing the immunity Immunity - types and characteristics in children in adults   (eg, diabetes) ingrown nail can lead to gangrene of the foot.

Principles of treatment of ingrown nail

At the stage of non-infectious inflammation it can be removed using a variety of baths with antiseptic solutions, as well as by eliminating the injury to the nail (wearing loose, trampled shoes) and the right trimming it (exactly, without rounding corners).

But if this fails to withdraw from the state ingrown nail, the operation is shown. Operation as shown in the second and third stages of the disease. Operation removal of ingrown nail, conducted the usual surgical technique is very painful, even with local anesthesia.

If the infectious-inflammatory process is significant, the patients received preoperative antibiotic therapy, antibiotics Antibiotics - whether they will help you in the foreseeable future?   You will need to take some time after the operation. In addition, in long flowing ingrown nails patients underwent laboratory tests to identify the extent of inflammation and possible reduction of immunity. This is very important because it affects the tactics of treatment.

Today there are many methods of removing ingrown toenails. But the most effective techniques are considered operations conducted with the help of a surgical laser device "Surgitron" (exposure to radio waves).

The surgical removal of the ingrown nail using surgical laser

The operation is usually performed on an outpatient basis under local anesthesia. The surgeon using a laser gently removes only those portions of the nail and soft tissues that have changed under the influence of inflammation and are subject to removal. Nail plate cauterizing laser only in the area of ​​growing it in the soft tissues. Healthy soft tissue surgical laser and the nail does not hurt.

Surgical laser has special settings that allow you to use it in the most diverse operations. When removing ingrown toenail surgery surgeon selects individual parameters required for this particular patient, it allows a minimum injure the foot of the patient. Surgical laser has more advantages. Thus, it kills the infection and it generally does not extend further. Furthermore, the laser solders blood vessels, and this prevents the occurrence of bleeding during surgery.

Especially removes ingrown toenail laser surgery for patients with diabetes Diabetes - threatening and incurable disease Who on the one hand reduced immunity and are prone to long-term and severe infections, on the other hand there is increased fragility of blood vessels. Removal of ingrown nails in diabetic patients significantly reduced the number of complications, such as gangrene.

After surgery, the patient is sent home and a doctor's appointment comes three days. During this time he was home alone makes a bandage, wound treating three-percent hydrogen peroxide solution and applying antiseptics (eg levomikol, baneotsin). Houses can be for some time to remove the bandage to the wound heals quickly. Healing usually ends in a week. Relapses after removal of the ingrown nail by laser does not happen.

Surgical laser greatly improves the quality of operations and helps prevent a number of complications.

Galina Romanenko