Two weeks ago I had blepharoplasty in my upper and lower eye-lids. Unfortunately the suture in my left upper eye lid was broke and some pieces of it are visible under the skin.Do you think that it is better to take this sutures off with a second surgery or to leave them inside the skin? and if I leave them in what do you think about the bruising which has no improvement after fifteen days. Is this insisting bruising due the small suture pieces left near the incision?
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Hi kittykitty22,Congratulations on completing your surgery, and now is the time to relax and allow the results to evolve. Absorbable sutures are hydrolyzed slowly over time by inflammatory enzymes in your body. This absorption time is dependent on your immune response and also the...
It is unlikely for the eyebrow to go up by themselves. You are correct as to why have fallen. Lateral brow lift can be considered at this point. See link below.
Orbital floor augmentation may be beneficial for raising the lower eye. A 3D CT scan should be to look and measure the differences between the orbital floor levels. When having orbital floor augmentation it is also important to adjust the height of the lower eyelid/outer corner of the eye so...