How to Fix Scar Tissue on Eyelid Surgery Incision?

Swelling of some of the tissue is fairly common and this can last a very long time. Sometimes up to a year. Give it more time.

Siouxie- Can you post a picture? (I know anonymity may be compromised, but a picture is worth a thousand words... The fullness can either be retained/unresected orbicularis oculi muscle inferior to the incision, redundant skin and/or thick scar. The first two issues need revisional surgery, and the third MAY need additional surgery. I am very cautious to inject steroid around the eye. I actually rarely inject steroid at all, as I feel the complications (thinning of skin and soft tissue causing s more

Dear Siouxie It sounds like you need more eyelid revision not a steroid shot. If you ask, your doctor may try injecting you, but that is not the fix. If the skin is hanging down and your scar is prominent, then a revisional blepharoplasty is the answer. Considering this would be your third eyelid fix, you might consider seeing a true eyelid specialist. Dr. Michael Patipa in West Palm Beach is an eyelid plastic surgeon who specialized in fixing unsatisfactory eyelid surgery. If he... more