Skin wrinkling after lower Blepharoplasty

2 weeks post-blepharoplasty is too early to evaluate the excess skin. There is often alot of swelling after a blepharoplasty, and you have to give the skin some time to go back to normal.

Wrinkling after a lower blepharoplasty can occur if excess skin exists preoperatively. Once the fat is removed from the lower lids, excess wrinkling can occur if not addressed. On most patients over 50 years of age there is some wrinkling that is present, and this is removed through an incision located at the... more

Part of the pre operative evaluation for lower blepharoplasty surgery is to assess the amount of skin present.  Your surgeon has made a determination as to whether you needed skin removed or not.  If you did, then there should be stitches under your lower eyelashes.  If you did not, then the... more

Matreshka, 2.5 weeks is fairly early to start getting worried about your eyelids after blepharoplasty. Often it takes several weeks to months for the tissues to settle and the swelling to resolve. At the same time, the tissue is healing and the collagen is reorganizing. All of this leads to changes after... more

Postoperative swelling is of course the rule after blepharoplasty.  There is a phase when the eyes can appear "crepey".  Waiting until swelling subsides, typically six months, is the standard answer. The nature of the problem may depend on what was there before the surgery.  If... more

Correcting the lower eyelids is one of the trickier cosmetic surgery procedures. In a young face, you cannot tell where the cheek ends and the lower eyelid starts. There is no sharp line between them. So, with surgery, you should try to recreate this smooth, seamless transition. You also have to preserve the... more

Waiting for at least six weeks is appropriate before determining if you need treatment of the wrinkling. As stated on this blog, blepharoplasty alone does not address the crepey lower eyelid skin. A resurfacing treatment performed in conjunction witha minimally invasive blepharoplasty can take care of both... more

Lower lid blepharoplasty causes swelling and as the other doctors have said-it takes time to resolve. You can better evaluate the wrinkling at 6 weeks. It is NORMAL for wrinkles of the lower eyelid to look worse as swelling is coming down, because the swelling expanded the skin and the swelling leaves quicker... more

Hello, Excellent advice given to you by Dr. Freund. I would also add that since you are only two weeks removed from your surgery you need to allow more time for further healing to occur before making a final assesment of your results (ie. the wrinkling skin on your eyelid). Once the swelling has gone done, the... more

A lower lid blepharoplasty can remove 1- excess skin, 2) excess and herniated fat and 3) tighten the muscles and ligaments of the eyes. Surgeons have different techniques that address all or some of these problems. To address the herniated and bulging fat, surgeons can remove the fat from inside the eyelid... more