Hi, I had double eyelid surgery 6 weeks ago, also I had my inner eye corners cut as recommended by my doctor. however my two eyes are differet, left eye is done perfectly. For right eye, there is a big scar in the inner corner, seems suture was not sewed smothly, the scar in right eye is very tight, and cause skin folding, also that right eye inner corne scar is longer than left eye one. it also cover the eye corner. I spoke to my doctor, he said the skin folding will disapear once scar softened
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August 9, 2011
Answer: For others out there, don't let surgeons cut the inner eyelid like this.
Leo Kim, FRACS(Plast), MS(Plast), MBBS(Hons) says:
Uneven eyelids are common both in the Caucasian population and in the Asian population. This unevenness though needs to be approached carefully because they have different causes and hence difference solutions. Some causes of unevenness and solutions are below.
1) Excess skin- relatively...
Yes pulling on the eyelids will over time cause severe harm and damage to the eyelids. Since you have the insight to understand that this is related to your OCD, I would set as a goal of therapy reducing this destructive personal habit.
You should be presentable in
1-2 weeks following Asian eyelid surgery. I normally advise my patients to
apply makeup after their sutures have either been removed or dissolved
(typically 7-10 days following surgery). Make-up may be worn directly on
incisions about 10 days after surgery. I...
