Eyelid Surgery: Q&A
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What Risks Can Occur if Pain Medication Were Taken Two Days Prior to a Blepharoplasty?
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Valium, Demerol and Xanax: Too Much Medication for Blepharoplasty Surgery?
In consideration of Blepharoplasty surgery, my doctor suggests using a cocktail of Valium, Demerol and Xanax for the in office procedure, along with...
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Are There Things Than Can Speed Up the Recovery from Eyelid Surgery?
Is there a recommended diet, cream, vitamin and/or medication that could be taken before and after eyelid surgery to make the healing process...
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Is It Uncomfortable to Have Upper Eyelid Surgery with Just Local Pain Medication?
I will be taking one hydrocodone/apap 7.5/500mg tablet and one diazepam 10 mg 1/2 hour prior to the surgery and given a local numbing injection. Do...
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Blepharoplasty and Coumadin
I Am a 45 Year Old Woman on Coumadin, is It Possible/safe to Have Blepharoplasty?
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What Eyelid Surgery Procedures Help Bulging Eyes Due to Graves' Disease?
It is fairly typical that one surgery proves effective for correcting bulging eyes due to Graves' Disease? What medications are needed after the...
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Isotretinion (20mg) - Can I Still Have Eye Surgery?
I finished my first course of Isotretinoin (20mg per day for 8 weeks) in January. My dermatoligst has prescribed me another course, but I have eye...
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Will Medications Affect Blepharoplasty Healing?
I am 26 and had upper blepharoplasty plus brow lift 3 months ago, i was recently diagnosed with nerve damage which can numb my face from time to time....
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My Eyes Became Dry and Shrunken from Lunesta I Took a Month Ago. How Can I Reverse This?
I already had dry eye syndrome to begin with. It looks like all the beauty has been sucked out of my eyes. They are more rounded and look shrunken. I...
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