Ms Marianne

Blepharoplasty - Sugar Land, TX

Actually I used Arnica, which is a natural remedy, I used the cream around my eyes to help with redness and swelling and I also took the Arnica tablets that dissolve under your tongue. I also had an ointment the doc prescribed in the very beginning. It's been over a year now and I'm having a hard time remembering the details! I do not regret it at all and no one would guess I've had this surgery. I bought the Arnica at Whole Foods but you can find it other places as well. I don't think I used anything like eye drops. My scars are barely visible to the naked eye, they're flat and slightly lighter but honestly you just can't see them, they hide in your natural skin folds anyway. I still use a cover/concealing cream on my lids, as they are still a little pink.

Bernice, it will get better!! My lids were uneven after the surgery and I looked horrible and was terrified I'd ruined my face! My son could hardly stand to look at me the first 2-3 weeks after surgery. But you can see from my recent photos, it all turned out fine. I had so much swelling, redness, each eye looked different, I was very worried too. My swelling seemed worse too as the days went by then suddenly everything started to get better. Hang in there, I know it's scary!! :-)

Dear dsweetwalsh, congratulations, you did it! I hope you are as thrilled with the end result as I am. I can't believe it will already be a year in April since I had the surgery. Seems just the other day, I was impatiently counting down the 3 weeks till the surgery. My how time flies when we get on the other side of 50+. I decided to create this blog for other women to get an idea what they can expect. I explored the internet myself, before my surgery, but never found anything quite like this, progressive photo's of a real person, not some doctor's website with photo's. Thanks for stopping by, let me know how it goes for you! :-)

Thank you so much! I too have a little bump at the end of an incision line and my doc said to massage it frequently and it would go away. Well, I forgot to do that and it's not really noticeable anyway so I'm not too concerned. I'm just super pleased with the overall result. My eyelids are still pretty red but when I wear make up, I use a cover cream called Dermablend on the lids, use finishing powder over it and I'm all set! You will be thrilled too when you get more time under your belt. Believe me, the swelling and bruising does go away! As we age, our eyes give us away and a Blepharoplasty takes years off with hardly any obvious signs!

Wow, thank you for the nice comments! I didn't have any unusual, or negative effects from the surgery. Everything went along pretty much as expected and I am still SO glad I did this! If you are considering it, I would highly recommend Dr. Kutty. I just loved him and am so pleased with the result. The first couple weeks I definitely questioned what I had done, I looked awful and wondered if the swelling would ever go down and if I'd ever look normal again. As you can see from the photo's, it went very well. Don't be afraid, just go for it, you won't be disappointed. Good luck!! Marianne :-)