Pulling or Stretching Eyelid After Blepharoplasty

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The eyelids represent a very delicate facial system. Pulling, tugging, and rubbing the eyelids on a regular and habitual basis can in fact cause wear and tear on the eyelids. Rubbing and stretching of the eyelids is sometimes used to help alter the position of an eyelid after surgery. If an eyelid heals too open, it is possible to lower the eyelid by encouraging a patient to rub or pull on the eyelid. So we sometimes use this to adjust or correct the eyelid position.
Aggressive rubbing of the eyelids soon after surgery can also pull on the healing tissues and change the position or contour of the healing eyelid.
Now if we are talking about a single event, then it is likely to not cause too much trouble. On the other hand if the single event are particularly traumatic, this is another story. The safest course is to let your surgeon assess you to determine if any harm has been done.

After 2 months your blepharoplasty incisions are healed. Massaging blepharop;lasty incisions will help the incisions heal into fine white lines.
Often, when lower blepharoplasty is done through an external, visible incision, the lower eyelids droop or are pulled down.
In these cases, massage and pulling the lower eyelid upward is necessary to stretch the eyelid skin, soften the healing eyelid and help the eyelid regain a normal position.
These maneuvers are safe and will not compromise your blepharoplasty result.

Pulling or stretching a blepharoplasty incision two months after the surgery will not damage the original incision. It is fairly well healed at that point.