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12 Orynbor St. Look for the blue façade with the eye sign.
Blepharoplasty in Astana · eye microsurgery and aesthetic medicine clinic
RB CLINIC performs 7,840+ surgeries a year. Every third eyelid surgery we do corrects work from another clinic
from 350,000 ₸ for two eyelidsthe price depends on the surgeon
Why here
That’s why it’s operated on at an eye microsurgery clinic, not at a beauty salon
The clinic has 70,000+ operations behind it — which is why people come here to fix what didn’t work out elsewhere
How we count: each eyelid is a separate surgery (a full-circle procedure counts as 4), cataract in both eyes counts as 2.
Blepharoplasty at RB CLINIC (Astana, 12 Orynbor St.) — from 350,000 to 800,000 ₸ for two eyelids, according to the chosen surgeon’s price list. No general anaesthesia: local anaesthesia, 30–70 minutes, home the same day. One in three of our eyelid surgeries is a revision after another clinic. Back to work in 2–3 days; stitches come out on day 12.
For international patients
Patients from other countries come to Astana for blepharoplasty at RB CLINIC. Send your records on WhatsApp — we reply in English and arrange an online consultation with a surgeon.
from 350,000 ₸ for two eyelids ≈ $770
In Turkey, upper and lower eyelid surgery costs $1,900–2,600. bookimed.com
Compared for all four eyelids, upper and lower
US dollars at the National Bank of Kazakhstan rate on 04.11.2026: 453.26 ₸ per $1
Selected work · with patients’ consent
Over 7,840 surgeries a year — here is a selection of eyelid results, shown with patients’ consent. Each tile is one person: their eyelids before and after surgery. Drag a row or select a result to see it full size.
Our surgeons on Instagram
See the surgeon before you book. How he explains things, how he is with the patient, what he shows after surgery — a one-minute video tells you more than any CV. Previews play without sound; tap one — the video opens on the surgeon’s Instagram with sound.
Surgeons at work: eyelid surgery for a patient who had laser correction here three years ago
@dr.bigeldiyev ↗Before eyelid surgery — tests and an eye check. Dr. Kerimzade explains what this protects you from
@dr.kerimzade.d ↗The eyelid creases sat at different heights — 6 and 8 mm. Dr. Darbuzov shows how he evened them out
@dr.darbuzov ↗A patient came to thank Dr. Nasipov — and brought her family and friends to him
@dr.nasipov_k ↗Tap a video — it opens right here, with sound.
Eyelid reconstruction after an injury: Dr. Nasipov’s patient in the first minutes after seeing the result
@dr.nasipov_k“It didn’t hurt at all, like I was afraid it would”: blepharoplasty with Dr. Nasipov — and stitch removal
@dr.nasipov_kElena flew in from Stuttgart for upper blepharoplasty: “I imagined it much scarier”
@dr.bigeldiyevDr. Kerimzade’s patient shows what her eyelids looked like before surgery — and now
@dr.kerimzade.dSound familiar?
Tap what you see in the mirror. We’ll tell you which eyelids are operated on in that case and add your choice to the price calculator. The photos show our patients before surgery.
Choose what bothers you — and you’ll see here which eyelids are operated on in that case and which of our surgeons does it.
Work out your priceUpper blepharoplasty removes excess skin from the upper eyelid that has settled on the lashes and made your look heavy. Lower blepharoplasty deals with under-eye bags: the fat that has pushed out from under a weakened membrane is put back in place, or just the excess that has bulged out is removed. Full blepharoplasty means both upper and lower eyelids are done in one operation — all four.
A separate case is double-eyelid surgery and epicanthoplasty: the upper eyelid crease isn’t “cut in” but shaped by fixing the skin at the right height, and the inner corner of the eye is opened up. If the eyelid hasn’t just hooded but has dropped on its own, that is upper eyelid ptosis — it’s operated on differently, and at the clinic only Dr. Bigeldiyev does it.
Complex case · 1:22Eyelid reconstruction after an injury A torn ligament, cartilage and muscle at the inner corner — Dr Bigeldiev shows how he rebuilds the eyelidWatch with sound
Threads don’t remove excess skin or fat bulges — they only lift what’s there. They’re easier to sell, but they don’t solve the problem.
The surgeon answers
Why blepharoplasty is best done at an eye clinic: before surgery you’re checked for glaucoma, cataract and retina problems
@dr.bigeldiyevWhy at an eye clinic
“We can set the right priorities and make your eyes not only beautiful, but healthy too”
What you’ll learn from the video
Bigeldiyev Rishat KalilullaevichClinic founder: eyes and eyelids
Hooded lids and fat pads made her look tired. A patient from Karaganda spent a year choosing a surgeon — and came to Dr. Nasipov
Nasipov Kirman AlimardanovichEyelid surgeon: double-eyelid surgery, complex cases
“Tattooing hurts a hundred times more”: Dr. Bigeldiyev reassures a patient before blepharoplasty
@dr.bigeldiyev“Honestly, don’t be afraid. You’ve had a tattoo done — that’s a hundred times more painful than blepharoplasty”
What you’ll learn from the video
Bigeldiyev Rishat KalilullaevichClinic founder: eyes and eyelids
Eyelid reconstruction, complex revisions and ptosis: why patients come to RB CLINIC surgeons for these
@dr.bigeldiyevWhat eye tests you go through before blepharoplasty at RB CLINIC — and why each one matters
@dr.bigeldiyevBefore blepharoplasty — eye diagnostics: Dr. Bigeldiyev explains why
@dr.bigeldiyevA drooping eyelid isn’t always blepharoplasty: Dr. Bigeldiyev explains the risks of surgery without proper indications
@dr.bigeldiyevEyelash extensions and your eyes: Dr. Bigeldiyev explains why the glue is risky
@dr.bigeldiyev“The glue’s composition varies. In some cases it’s glue meant for industrial use”
What you’ll learn from the video
Bigeldiyev Rishat KalilullaevichClinic founder: eyes and eyelids
“We work where a millimetre decides fate”: Dr. Bigeldiyev’s words on the profession, over footage from the operating room
@dr.bigeldiyevDr. Bigeldiyev’s poem about his profession — over footage from the operating room
@dr.bigeldiyevA day with Dr. Nasipov: surgery after surgery, patients from across the country
@dr.bigeldiyevReconstructive eyelid surgery after injuries and congenital anomalies — a field Dr. Bigeldiyev leads himself
@dr.bigeldiyevComplex cases after eyelid surgery done elsewhere: why they can’t be left as they are
@dr.bigeldiyevA blogger’s choice
Elizat Berik — actress, singer and blogger — could have found a surgeon in Almaty, but she chose Dr Kerimzade. “I liked his signature style — how beautifully he shapes the eyes,” she says in the video.
Elizat Berik
actress, singer, blogger
13 days after surgery
“Not a single haematoma, no bruises”
Watch day 13
Dr. Bigeldiyev’s team
Five surgeons, each with their own price for two eyelids. People come to Astana for blepharoplasty from other cities of Kazakhstan too: actress Elizat Berik, for example, flew in from Almaty to see Dr Kerimzade. All of them work under the clinic’s founder, Rishat Bigeldiyev, who has 35,000+ operations behind him; Dr. Kerimzade alone has performed more than 10,000 eyelid operations. Tap “Choose” and the price for your eyelids appears next to the surgeon’s photo and in the calculator below.
Ophthalmic surgeon, founder of RB CLINIC
Upper eyelid ptosis, eyelid reconstruction, orbital decompression — this is no longer aesthetics but eye surgery. At the clinic, only he operates on ptosis.
800,000 ₸ for two eyelids
Student of Academician Bigeldiev
Plastic surgeon · eyelid aesthetics
Upper and lower eyelids, double-eyelid surgery, revisions after other clinics. Patients even fly in from Yekaterinburg to see him.
600,000 ₸ for two eyelids
Student of Academician Bigeldiev
Ophthalmic surgeon
He performs blepharoplasty so your look becomes fresher and you still recognise yourself in the mirror. As an ophthalmic surgeon, he also takes on complex eyelids — entropion, ectropion, in-turned lids.
400,000 ₸ for two eyelids
Student of Academician Bigeldiev
Plastic surgeon
Upper and lower eyelids, double-eyelid surgery, epicanthoplasty. The “heavy look” in men is his speciality — see the video above.
400,000 ₸ for two eyelids
Surgeon: eyelids and otoplasty
The most affordable blepharoplasty at the clinic: upper and lower eyelids. He also operates on ears — otoplasty.
350,000 ₸ for two eyelids
Prices are for two eyelids, from each surgeon’s price list. The surgeon gives the exact amount for your case at the consultation: it depends on the extent and complexity. A surgeon’s consultation is from 10,000 ₸ per visit.
Your eyelids in three taps
Blepharoplasty at RB CLINIC costs from 350,000 to 800,000 ₸ for two eyelids, and each surgeon has their own price. Choose the eyelids and the surgeon, and the total works itself out, exactly by their price list: for two eyelids and for four.
prices are for two eyelids
Prices from the surgeons’ price lists: Bigeldiyev and Kerimzade — 01.11.2025, Darbuzov and Nasipov — 10.05.2026, Nurmagambetov — 11.11.2025.
If the eyelid hasn’t hooded but has dropped on its own and covers the pupil, removing skin won’t help: the muscle that lifts the eyelid needs to be shortened. That is eye surgery, not aesthetics, and at the clinic only Dr. Bigeldiyev performs it.
Before surgery
After surgery
from 10,000 ₸ per visit
The surgeon examines your eyelids and the eye itself, shows you in the mirror exactly what will change and gives the exact price for your case. If you don’t need surgery, he’ll tell you so.
Kaspi RedYou can pay for the surgery in Kaspi instalments with no overpayment over 12 months; up to 24 months with Kaspi Juma| Surgeon | For two eyelids | Revision after another clinic, for two eyelids |
|---|---|---|
| Bigeldiyev Rishat Kalilullaevichfounder, ophthalmic surgeon · price list of 01.11.2025 | 800,000 ₸ for two eyelids | 1,100,000 ₸ for both eyelids |
| Kerimzade Daniz Jafarovichplastic surgeon · price list of 01.11.2025 | 600,000 ₸ for two eyelids | 800,000 ₸ for two eyelids |
| Darbuzov Ruslan Nurlybekovichophthalmic surgeon · price list of 10.05.2026 | 400,000 ₸ for two eyelids | 700,000 ₸ for two eyelids |
| Nasipov Kirman Alimardanovichplastic surgeon · price list of 10.05.2026 | 400,000 ₸ for two eyelids | 700,000 ₸ for two eyelids |
| Nurmagambetov Azamat Maratovichsurgeon: eyelids and otoplasty · price list of 11.11.2025 | 350,000 ₸ for two eyelids | confirmed at the consultation |
| Upper eyelid ptosis — Bigeldiyeva separate operation, not blepharoplasty · price list of 01.11.2025 | 500,000 ₸ per eyelid | 600,000 ₸ per eyelid |
| Surgeon’s eyelid consultationwith biomicroscopy | from 10,000 ₸ per visit |
The price list doesn’t split blepharoplasty into upper, lower and full: there is one price for two eyelids (both eyes), and full blepharoplasty is four eyelids, so twice as much. The price list is not a public offer; the exact amount is given at the consultation.
Safety without big words
Blepharoplasty is surgery two millimetres from the eye, and we treat it as surgery. Beauty clinics take patients for the same blepharoplasty after an examination and a basic blood test. Compare the lists.
There, the eyelid is operated on by a cosmetologist, not by a surgeon who works with the eye every day.
“Before the surgery they always do a full check-up. Not every clinic does that”
A patient who had eyelid revision surgery
What you’ll learn from the video
Darbuzov Ruslan NurlybekovichEyelids and laser correction
Check
Reviews of blepharoplasty at RB CLINIC aren’t written on our site but on Yandex Maps — they can’t be edited there. Check our licence by its number in the state register. And next to it are people after surgery, speaking for themselves.
Her upper eyelids had been operated on at another clinic. Dr. Kerimzade did the revision — her review
@dr.kerimzade.dReviews on Yandex and Google Maps
People left these reviews themselves, on Yandex and Google Maps — where we can’t delete or change a single word. First about eyelids and eyelid surgeons, newest first, then about the clinic as a whole. Quoted as written.
После блефаропластики прошло уже несколько месяцев. Мне нравится, что взгляд стал более открытым, при этом лицо сохранило свои привычные черты. Именно естественность результата была для меня особенно важна.
Осталась очень довольна результатом блефаропластики! Огромная благодарность доктору Насипову за профессионализм, внимательность и аккуратную работу. Операция прошла хорошо, врач подробно всё объяснил и поддерживал на каждом этапе.
Также спасибо всей команде RB Clinic за заботу, доброжелательность и прекрасное отношение!❤️
Хочу поблагодарить доктора Керимзаде Даниса Джафаровича за проделанную работу! Первичным результатом довольна, теперь ждём окончательный результат ) приду на блефаропластику верхних век теперь!
Делала круговую блефаропластику в данной клинике, результатом довольна, професионалтный подход к каждому клиенту, внимательный персонал, все четко и грамотно!
Сделала верхнюю и нижнюю блефаропластику у Ришата Калилуллаевича. Прошло уже 6 месяцев, и результатом я очень довольна! Всё выглядит настолько естественно, как будто так и было всегда. Глаза стали выглядеть свежее, а главное сохранилась моя естественная внешность. Спасибо вам за такую аккуратную работу!
Ришат Калиллулаевич провел операцию блефаропластику по устранению асимметрии век, работой довольна, сервисом в клинике тоже.
Год назад сделала блефаропластику у Ришата Калилуллаевича. Очень довольна результатом! Все сделано настолько аккуратно, что даже синяков не было, только небольшой отёк. Всем, кто у меня спрашивает, всегда рекомендую именно вас.
Очень рада видеть, как ваша клиника растет и развивается. Побольше бы таких врачей, как вы! Спасибо вам за ваши золотые руки и профессионализм!
Делала верхнюю блефаропластику у Ришата Калилуллаевича Бигельдиева. Результатом очень довольна! Всё получилось аккуратно и естественно, именно так, как я и хотела. Взгляд стал более открытым.
Сейчас планирую сделать у него ещё и нижнюю блефаропластику.
Спасибо вам огромное за такой прекрасный результат! Желаю вам крепкого здоровья, успехов и процветания вашей клинике!
Сделала блефаропластику у Ришата Калилуллаевича и очень довольна результатом!
Ришат Калилуллаевич, спасибо вам огромное за ваши золотые руки! Желаю вам крепкого здоровья и побольше благодарных пациентов!
Сделала блефаропластику у Ришата Калилуллаевича. Результат мне очень нравится, рада, что решилась на операцию и выбрала именно этого врача! Ришат Калилуллаевич, спасибо вам большое за ваши золотые руки и внимательное отношение. Желаю вам крепкого здоровья, успехов в работе и побольше благодарных пациентов!
Перед блефаропластикой меня направили на диагностику и консультацию офтальмолога. Сначала даже не думала, что перед такой операцией нужно настолько внимательно проверять глаза.
Мне понравилось, что здесь к таким вещам относятся серьёзно и в первую очередь думают о здоровье пациента, а не просто о самой операции. После посещения осталось очень хорошее впечатление.
Доктор Насипов Кирман,спасибо за профессионализм и уверенность.
Сегодня мне сделали блефаропластику,делал доктор Насипов.Хочу сказать огромное спасибо доктору и всей команде клиники!
С самого первого приема и до сегодняшней выписки было полное ощущение,что я в надежных руках.Доктор подробно все объяснил,поддержал,развеял все страхи,а сама операция прошла легко и комфортно.
Очень ценю такое чуткое отношение и высокий профессионализм.Впереди реабилитация,но уже сейчас на душе спокойно.Спасибо за ваш труд и золотые руки!Рекомендую от всей души!
Всё понравилось , делала блефаропластику верхних век,у доктора Керимзаде, не больно , не страшно. Спасибо доктору!
Здравствуйте уважаемые сотрудники RB Clinik. 17.04.2026 года я был вынужден обратиться в RB clinic с головной болью от постоянного напряжения глазных мышц в связи с выраженный нависанием верхние век и с большим сужение кругового обзора. Операция была проведена врачом Русланом Дарбузовым. По истечению двух месяцев я чувствую себя прекрасно. Все выше перечисленные проблемы были устраненны. Хочу выразить огромную благодарность врачу Руслану Дарбузову у которого призвание врача и золотые руки. Также большое спасибо прекрасному отзывчивому и вежливому персоналу клиники. Рекомендую RB clinic у кого схожие проблемы. В клинике также проводятся операции по замене хрусталиков и ещё ряд других операций по улучшению зрения.
I sincerely thank ophthalmologist Ruslan Nurlybekovich for his high professionalism, attentive care and the successful operations, Femto LASIK and blepharoplasty😍. Thanks to your skill and care, everything went calmly and confidently. Thank you for the chance to see the world more clearly and to feel better🙏.
I also want to thank the whole clinic team for the warm welcome, kindness, support and comfortable atmosphere. My special, deepest thanks go to Gulime Serikovna❤️🤗🙏. From the very first minutes I felt her attention, care and a genuine wish to help patients. I wish you good health, well-being and continued success in your noble work🙌!
… В особенности благодарю врача Керемзаде Д. Д у него делала блефаропластику. Всем рекомендую у него руки золотые!!!
… Потом уже сделали маме блефаропластику у доктора Керимзаде Даниза, результат шикарный😍😍😍 …
A well-known private eye clinic in the country, with outstanding doctors in blepharoplasty. I was a patient here myself. I’ll say straight away: it isn’t cheap, but it’s high quality. The staff, which matters a lot, are professional. You can trust them with your eyes, but follow all the clinic’s instructions. Good health to everyone, and if you can, only go to medical facilities when you really need to — well, and for ageing facial skin))))))
I want to leave a review of the clinic and thank Dr. Ruslan Nurlybekovich Darbuzov for a professionally performed blepharoplasty. The clinic is modern and well equipped, very clean and comfortable. The staff are polite, attentive and always ready to help. I especially want to mention the caring attitude and support at every stage — from the consultation to the surgery itself and recovery. I’m very happy with the result and with my choice of clinic. Thank you so much!
I sincerely thank ophthalmologist Ruslan Nurlybekovich for his high professionalism, attentive care and the successful operations, Femto LASIK and blepharoplasty😍. Thanks to your skill and care, everything went calmly and confidently. Thank you for the chance to see the world more clearly and to feel better🙏.
I also want to thank the whole clinic team for the warm welcome, kindness, support and comfortable atmosphere. My special, deepest thanks go to Gulime Serikovna❤️🤗🙏. From the very first minutes I felt her attention, care and a genuine wish to help patients. I wish you good health, well-being and continued success in your noble work🙌!
A well-known private eye clinic in the country, with outstanding doctors in blepharoplasty. I was a patient here myself. I’ll say straight away: it isn’t cheap, but it’s high quality. The staff, which matters a lot, are professional. You can trust them with your eyes, but follow all the clinic’s instructions. Good health to everyone, and if you can, only go to medical facilities when you really need to — well, and for ageing facial skin))))))
An impressive clinic. Dr. Nasipov has hands as light as a butterfly. I recommend it. I’ve been coming here for years
A truly superb clinic. Doctors who know their job. Excellent service, starting with the girls at reception. I’m very grateful to you, especially to Dr. Danis Jafarogly — you’re the best
I recommend this clinic for surgery, and I especially want to mention Moldir, Assel and Khirimzade Danis. The best of the best, the best service in the city.
An excellent clinic, very friendly and professional doctors: Kerimzade D. D., Bigeldiyev R. K., Dr. Zhukeyev; the girls at reception are always very polite, and the equipment is state of the art
RB Clinic is the very best clinic for vision and eye aesthetics! Choose this clinic and you’ll definitely forget about vision problems! The best🔥🔥🔥
This is one of the best clinics in the capital of Kazakhstan. They give many people their sight and beauty back. Of course it isn’t free, but what wouldn’t you do for yourself. The staff here are good. Attentive doctors and modern equipment. Most importantly, they explain everything very well, which matters for older patients.
Surgery day
You spend two and a half hours at the clinic. No general anaesthesia, no hospital stay: blepharoplasty is done under local anaesthesia, and you’re home by lunchtime. Swipe the timeline sideways — every step was filmed here.
Walk through the clinic — 8 rooms in a minute Starting with the operating room
The administrator shows you to your room. Bring your own change of clothes and slippers.
No make-up or contact lenses, jewellery off. Then — your room and waiting for the surgeon.
The lines on the eyelid are drawn by the person who will operate. You see in the mirror exactly what will be removed.
Local anaesthesia. You stay awake and feel only touch. Lower eyelids take 30–45 minutes, upper — 60–70.
A fine stitch line hides in the eyelid crease. A sterile dressing — and you’re taken back to your room.
Home. Don’t drive — ask someone to pick you up. Stitches come out on day 12.
A prick, then heaviness — that’s it. The first few seconds are a prick, much like at the dentist. Then the eyelid feels heavy, as if it has drifted away. You feel the instrument touching you, but no pain: touch and pain are carried by different nerve endings, and it’s the pain ones that are switched off.
You’re awake and can talk to the surgeon. No general anaesthesia means none of its risks.
Pain relief is a local anaesthetic, chosen based on your tolerance test.
After surgery
You can go back to work after two or three days; the stitches come out on day 12. Most of the result shows almost straight away, but the final result of blepharoplasty is judged after 12–18 months — that’s how long the tissues need to fully settle.
When to see a doctor straight away: a large haematoma or a stitch coming apart. Call +7 771 848 00 00.
Tests: blood test for immunoglobulin E to the anaesthetic that will be used (a skin test is not accepted); coagulogram, full blood count, syphilis test; hepatitis B and C, HIV; biochemistry — cholesterol, glucose, urea, creatinine; ECG with interpretation; thyroid hormones — TSH, T3, T4, anti-TPO.
Avoid before blepharoplasty: blood-thinning medicines (with acetylsalicylic acid) — stop them only as agreed with your doctor; alcohol; lots of fluids, citrus fruit, coffee; botulinum toxin injections; make-up and eyelash extensions on the day of surgery; contact lenses — take them out.
Bring with you: slippers, a change of clothes, the painkiller and eye ointment your doctor prescribes (we will tell you the names when you book). Take off jewellery. If the day of surgery falls during your period, let the administrator know.
Surgery is not possible with: pregnancy; inflammatory diseases of the eyelids or the eye; a severe uncontrolled general illness.
Possible after preparation: high blood pressure — once it’s controlled; diabetes — once it’s controlled; other accompanying conditions that respond to treatment.
From 16–17 for medical reasons and with the consent of a parent or guardian.
Some eyelid operations are done for vision, not for looks: a hooded lid blocks the upper and side field of vision, ptosis lowers the lid over the pupil, with trichiasis the lashes grow towards the eye, and an in-turned or out-turned eyelid harms the cornea. In these cases blepharoplasty is ophthalmology, and it’s good when it’s done where eyes are treated.
If you want to understand it
Fear of eyelid surgery is almost always about one thing: “what if they damage something”. The eyelid is five layers thinner than two millimetres, and each has its own job. Below are four diagrams: what the surgeon touches and what he doesn’t touch at all. It doesn’t affect your decision — you’ll be shown all the same at the appointment.
The thinnest skin on the body — less than a millimetre. That’s why it’s the first to give way under its own weight and the first to show your age.
That excess is what the surgeon removes during blepharoplasty. He doesn’t pull it tight — he cuts away exactly the surplus you see in the mirror.
Like a sleeve that has become too long: you shorten it, you don’t stretch it back.It closes the eye and blinks more than ten thousand times a day. It isn’t removed: without it the eye simply wouldn’t close.
The surgeon passes through it and leaves it as it was.
This is where “removing more” leads straight to complications.The fat under the eyelid isn’t surplus. It’s a cushion: it holds the eye in its socket and absorbs knocks.
Only the volume that has pushed forward and formed a bag is removed. Scraping it all out means a sunken eye and a face that looks older than before surgery.
That’s why a good blepharoplasty result looks as if nothing was done.A firm plate inside the eyelid that holds its shape — like the stiffener in a shirt collar.
It isn’t touched at all. That’s exactly why, after careful surgery, the eyelid doesn’t sag and the shape of your eyes stays your own.
Blepharoplasty doesn’t change the shape of your eyes. It removes what was covering them.
The muscle that lifts the eyelid sends thin fibres upwards and attaches them to the skin. Where they attach, the skin is drawn inwards — and a crease forms.
The fat sits high and doesn’t get in the way of the lid margin.
It isn’t a sign of youth or anyone’s merit. It’s simply the anatomy you were born with.The skin isn’t drawn in anywhere, so it runs smoothly from brow to lashes without a fold. The fat layer sits lower and makes the eyelid fuller.
This is how the eyelid is built in most people in Asia.
It’s normal, not a defect. And if you want a crease, it is shaped, not “corrected”. That’s how double-eyelid surgery is done.The crease isn’t cut in. The surgeon repeats what nature does with the fibres: he fixes the skin at the right height.
A thin membrane — the septum — is stretched between the fat and the skin. While it’s firm, the fat stays in the eye socket and the lower eyelid runs smoothly into the cheek, without a step.
That’s how it looks at twenty and in people who are lucky with their genes.Over time it stretches — like elastic worn for years. The fat moves forward, and what you see in the mirror in the morning isn’t puffiness or “not enough sleep”.
It’s fat that has come out from under the membrane.
That’s why bags don’t go away with sleep, water or eye patches: no cream can put the fat back in place.Only lower blepharoplasty removes bags — not by “sucking out” the fat, but by returning it to where it should be, or removing just the excess that has come out.
The anaesthetic is injected with a fine needle into the skin and the layer beneath it. It spreads outwards and switches off the nerve endings that carry pain.
The blue area on the diagram shows how far the anaesthetic reaches. It doesn’t reach the eye at all — the eye stays outside this zone.The first few seconds are a prick, much like at the dentist. Then the eyelid feels heavy, as if it has drifted away.
You feel the instrument touching you — that’s how it should be. Pain — no: touch and pain are carried by different nerve endings, and it’s the pain ones that are switched off.
You’re awake and can talk to the surgeon. No general anaesthesia means none of its risks.You feel touch. Not pain.
Questions
At RB CLINIC the price depends on the surgeon, for two eyelids: Bigeldiyev — 800,000 ₸, Kerimzade — 600,000 ₸, Darbuzov and Nasipov — 400,000 ₸, Nurmagambetov — 350,000 ₸. Upper or lower blepharoplasty on both eyes is two eyelids; full blepharoplasty is four, so twice the price. A revision after another clinic costs more: from 700,000 ₸ for two eyelids. You can work out your own price in the “How much blepharoplasty costs” section.
Not the surgery itself. You’ll only feel the anaesthetic prick in the first few seconds, much like at the dentist. Then the eyelid feels heavy: you’re awake, but you feel only the doctor’s touch, not pain. No general anaesthesia means none of its risks.
It’s when both upper and lower eyelids — all four — are done in one operation. There’s no separate technique, just the amount of work: upper blepharoplasty removes hooded skin, lower removes under-eye bags, and full does both at once.
You don’t. You arrive at nine and are discharged at half past eleven. No hospital stay is needed: the operation is done under local anaesthesia and you go home the same day.
After two or three days. There may be mild swelling and small bruises for the first few days, but most patients are back at work by then. The stitches come out on day 12.
After 12–18 months. Most of it shows much earlier — once the swelling goes down — but the tissues take exactly this long to fully settle.
Surgical blepharoplasty removes excess skin and fat bulges. Threads only lift what’s there, and “laser blepharoplasty” is skin resurfacing, not surgery: neither removes excess skin or fat. We don’t do thread or laser blepharoplasty, but we do remove threads put in elsewhere.
Yes, that’s a third of our eyelid surgeries. First we work out exactly what went wrong: scars, a shortage of skin, too much fat removed, an in-turned or out-turned eyelid. Revisions are done by Kerimzade, Darbuzov and Nasipov — from 700,000 ₸ for two eyelids — and by Dr Bigeldiyev — 1,100,000 ₸ for both eyelids.
From 16–17 for medical reasons, with the consent of a parent or guardian. Whether you personally can have surgery is decided by your tests and the surgeon’s examination.
If excess skin rests on the lashes but the lid margin itself stays in place, it’s hooding, and upper blepharoplasty removes it. If the lid margin has dropped and covers part of the pupil, it’s ptosis, and removing skin won’t help: the muscle that lifts the eyelid needs surgery. At the clinic only Dr. Bigeldiyev operates on ptosis. The surgeon will tell you for sure at the consultation — send two photos of your eyelids and he’ll reply.
Booking
Send two photos — eyes open and eyes closed, no make-up, by a window. The surgeon will look and tell you exactly what you have, which blepharoplasty you need and how much it will cost.
If you don’t need surgery, we’ll tell you so.
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