What is Oculoplasty?
Oculoplasty is the art and science of plastic surgery around the eye. The eyeball is a delicate structure, protected from harm by eyelids in front and the bony cup (socket) behind. Behind the eyeball run the nerves, arteries, and muscles, which carry messages to the brain, move the eyeball, and provide nutrition to the eye. Oculoplasty deals with all these structures surrounding the eyeball.
Why Should an Eye Surgeon do Plastic Surgery?
Oculoplastic surgeons first train as ophthalmologists, when they learn in detail about the eye. During further higher training, they start to handle plastic surgery. They have the best knowledge about the eye and its surroundings; as eye surgeons, they are also ready to handle the most delicate of structures. This combination of skills makes the oculoplastic surgeons the best to do plastic surgery around the eye.
