Is Upper Eyelid Surgery (Blepharoplasty) Permissible?
Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch
Question
Is upper eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty) permissible if it would improve light exposure to my eyes and reduce eye strain and headaches, even if it has cosmetic benefits as well?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
Yes. It is permissible to have such a surgery as there is a need/benefit therein. Prohibitions concerning surgeries that change the human body are for those surgeries that are merely cosmetic without legally recognized needs. [Tahtawi/Shurunbulali, Hashiyat Maraqi al-Falah]
Hope this helps
Allah knows best
[Shaykh] Yusuf Weltch
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat
Shaykh Yusuf Weltch teaches Arabic, Islamic law, and spirituality. After accepting Islam in 2008, he completed four years at the Darul Uloom Seminary in New York, where he studied Arabic and the traditional sciences.
He then traveled to Tarim, Yemen, where he studied for three years in Dar al-Mustafa under some of the most outstanding scholars of our time, including Habib Umar Bin Hafiz, Habib Kadhim al-Saqqaf, and Shaykh Umar al-Khatib.
In Tarim, Shaykh Yusuf completed the memorization of the Quran and studied beliefs, legal methodology, hadith methodology, Quranic exegesis, Islamic history, and several texts on spirituality. He joined the SeekersGuidance faculty in the summer of 2019.
