What is bulgy eye surgery? What's different about our bulgy eye 

surgery? In order to understand what makes EFIL unique, 

a basic understanding of what bulging eyes are.

Orbital bone is the bone that makes up what is commonly referred 

to as the eye socket. When the eye socket is shallow, usually a 

result of congenital factors, due to the lack of sufficient space 

the eyeball can be forced outward, slightly protruding. 

This eye protrusion is called many things: bulgy eyes, 

exophthalmos, proptosis, among others.

The main objective is the lowering of the dangerously high intraocular pressure. 

For this reason, orbital decompression surgery has been considered an 

"emergency" operative procedure. As orbital bone is broken, there 

tends to be a lot of bleeding, and the procedure itself is known to take 

between 5-6 hours. Because of its invasive nature, unlike other eye 

surgeries, a week-long stay in the hospital is not unheard of.

When intraocular pressure is not a factor, and the procedure is 

purely aesthetic, expansion of the space in the orbital room 

becomes the main purpose. The ethmoid bone (the bone that separates 

the sinus and the brain) may be convex in shape, and the actual 

orbital room may be shallow. When this is the case, bone is not 

cut out, it is cut and simply pushed in. Orbital tissue is likewise 

removed. Since the tissue is not swollen, the procedure is safer as 

there are less risk factors, less bleeding and less invasiveness. 

Since there is less to remove, the procedure is much shorter 

when compared to orbital decompression, and recovery time is faster.

We have more than 10 years of experience in facial contour 

and corrective eye protrusion surgery. 

We're here to help you. Don't hesitate contact us with questions or concerns.

EFIL Staff