blepharoplasty
Americannoun
-
blepharoplasties
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of blepharoplasty
First recorded in 1960–65; blepharo- ( def. ) + -plasty
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
UK surgeons tell us that, when they have seen patients with blepharoplasty complications over the past 12 months, those people have, in most cases, been treated abroad.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Eyelid lifts were one of the top five cosmetic surgeries last year; if you hang out in a certain corner of Instagram, you might not be able to escape the term bleph, short for blepharoplasty.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
Jasmine Karipayeva, 27 from Kazakhstan, decided to have blepharoplasty -- surgery to remove skin from the eyelids -- after "coming across a video on TikTok", lured by low prices and pictures of professional-looking surgery.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
When he first started his Manhattan oculofacial plastic surgery practice in 2007, Dr. Robert Schwarcz found that patients seeking a blepharoplasty tended to be in their 50s or older.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026
Brown is now getting a quote for blepharoplasty, which removes excess skin from the eyelids, and would like to get the procedure done by the end of the year.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
Surgeons say they also saw patients with complications after having been treated by unregistered UK practitioners, including blepharoplasties that had been carried out in living rooms.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
