I had lower bleph 14 days ago and now noticed that I have raised welts in the upper cheek area. This makes my undeye look hollow and like a bag. It is normal to swell in this area? If this does not go away is thier something that I might be able to do in a revision?
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Pinch blepharoplasy can be used in those patients with a excess of skin only. This is usually easily diagnosed because of the lack of fat bulging and excess muscle fullness. The procedure takes 30 to 45 minutes and can be done under local anesthesia. If you have fat causing fullness, a...
If you have under eye bags, then the fatty tissues have to be addressed surgically. And sculpting the fat from the inside of the eyelid(transconjunctival blepharoplasty) is a good approach. Erbium/CO2 resurfacing will help the fine wrinkles, but not the fatty under eye bags.
The standard...
The swelling goes down over time as the eyelids heal, but the real reason the eyelids tighten is because the surgery removes the excess skin and treats the tissue. It’s really the surgery that makes the eyelids tighten, not the healing process.