Eye bags and swelling 8 months post-Blepharoplasty

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A: Transconjunctival blepharoplasty with fat repositioning to help bags 8 months after blepharoplasty

By Brooke R. Seckel, MD - Boston Plastic Surgeon

There is residual fat that is causing the puffiness or eye bags 8 months after your blepharoplasty. This is causing the dark circle or shadow beneath your lower eyelid which makes the bags more noticeable. The correct procedure to fix this problem is called a transconjunctival lower blepharoplasty with arcus... more

A: Perhaps redraping the fat is another option

By Talmage J. Raine, MD - Chicago Plastic Surgeon

In a brief perusal of your picture and reading your short synopsis you may want to dicuss a possible revision with redraping of the fat over the rim of the orbit. It appears to me that removal of any mor fat will be detrimental and hollow your socket appearance. I have done several revisional... more

A: Swelling of eyes

By Steven Wallach, MD - Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

It is not very common to have swelling 8 months after surgery. If there is an eye irritant that can cause swelling. If your eyes do not close well, that can also cause swelling. It is hard to tell without examining you. If you have fullness in your lower lids, then perhaps there is still some fat that is... more

A: Swelling and lump

By Scott E. Kasden, MD - Dallas Plastic Surgeon

I have experienced the bump at the corner of the eye. For some reason this is not uncommon, and is usually (in my patinerts) scar tissue (I use a resorbable suture). A small snip and it is over. Your sweliing is another story. It may be that there is more fat there, but I would tend to... more

A: Prolonged swelling after lower eyelid surgery

By Otto Joseph Placik, MD - Chicago Plastic Surgeon

I concur with the other recommendations and highly advise you seek an additional opinion by a board certified plastic surgeon, oculoplastic surgeon, opthalmologist, ear nose and throat physician, and/or internist. Swelling of the lower eyelids has a variety of causes and surgery is not always the... more

A: Kitty eyes?

By Kenneth R. Francis, MD - Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Kitty, It is difficult to tell from this picture, but it does appear that you have some residual lower lid fat that needs to be removed. Also, you are looking up so that may be causing the scleral (white) show below your iris. If it is showing from a direct frontal view you may need a... more

A: A tricky balance

By Brent Moelleken, MD - Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon

It is difficult from the looking up photograph to see exactly what the problem is. It appears as though there is hollowness immediately below the eyes, some retraction of the eyelids, and fullness, perhaps with irregularities from ? fat injection below that at the eye-cheek junction. It appears... more

A: A surgical revision may correct the problem.

By David A. Dreyfuss, MD - Chicago Plastic Surgeon

At 8 months, it is very unlikely that this problem will get better. Most patients see dramatic results within 4-6 weeks following an eyelid procedure. From the picture, it is difficult to tell if you also have some abnormal show of the "whites" or conjunctiva of the eye. This could... more

A: Unfortunately, this will not go away without a surgical revision.

By George J. Beraka, MD - Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

To Beachnutkitty, Operating on the lower eyelids can be quite challenging, and your problem is not that rare and it is difficult to correct. You do not have more fat that needs to be removed, and the stitches are not causing this. The problem seems to be a sharp line between your inner cheeks and... more