LLR Policy for Blepharoplasty

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Category

Threshold Criteria

Blepharoplasty is the plastic surgery operation for correcting defects, deformities and disfigurations of the eyelids and aesthetically modifying the eye region of the face.

Eligibility

LLR ICB will fund this procedure if one or more of the following criteria is met
 
– Excess tissue or drooping of the upper eyelid causing functional visual impairment. Impairment of visual fields in the relaxed, non-compensated state. Evidence will be required that eyelids impinge on visual fields, reducing field by 40 degrees vertically
 
OR
– To repair defects predisposing to corneal or conjunctival irritation

OR
– Entropion or ectropion

OR
– Periorbital sequelae of thyroid or nerve palsy or trauma

OR
– Prosthesis problems in an anophthalmia socket

OR
– Painful symptoms of blepharospasm
ARP 15 Review Date: 2027

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