Overview
What hooding looks like
Hooded eyelids happen when extra skin, and sometimes fat, folds down over the natural crease. Your eyes can look smaller and heavier, eyeshadow smudges or disappears into the fold, and in more advanced cases the skin can block part of your upper vision.
Why it happens
Some people have naturally hooded lids. For many others, it develops with age as eyelid skin stretches and loses elasticity. Sun damage and genetics play a part. Low brows can also push skin down onto the lid and look like hooding, which is why the brows need to be checked too.
How Dr. Kim treats it
Dr. Kim performs upper blepharoplasty, removing a precisely measured amount of skin and, if needed, a small amount of fat. The incision sits in your natural crease, where it heals discreetly. The result is a brighter, more open eye that still looks like yours. If a dropped brow is part of the problem, an endoscopic brow lift may be recommended with or instead of eyelid surgery.
Recovery
Expect bruising and swelling for about one to two weeks. Most people feel comfortable going out once that settles, and the result keeps refining over the next few months.
Recommended Treatment
Upper Blepharoplasty
Upper Blepharoplasty is a precise eyelid surgery designed to remove excess skin and reposition underlying tissue to restore a more open, youthful, and rested appearance to the eyes. The cosmetic surgery known as Double eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty) involves the skin around the eye being reshaped. The procedure's purpose is to bring about creased upper eyelid (also known as a "double eyelid") from an eyelid that naturally does not have a crease This is commonly known as a "monolid" or "single eyelid".
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