Why Is There A Lump 2 Weeks Post-Op Lower Blepharoplasty? Should I Massage It? (Photos)

  The best advice and counseling you can receive after surgery is not from an online forum but from your operating surgeon.  But almost certainly, this will resolve with time and paitence.  Massage may be of limited benefit.

This is the perfect question to ask your surgeon.  They are interested and movitvated to help you with any post-operative issues that develop after your surgery.  Please call the office and asked to be seen before your next visit so that your surgeon can evaluate what is going on.  He or she might recommend message or they might advise you that the issue will resolve on its own.  They might even feel that an injection would help the situation.  However, unless you call your surgeon and get seen, you will deny yourself the opportunity for them to take care of you which is what you have paid them to do.

Hello there! Thank you for the question and for the photo attachments. Complete healing for those who have undergone blepharoplasty usually takes about 3 months. Based on the details you provided, being at 12 days post eyelid surgery we cannot yet confirm if the lump is a simple surgery after effect that will heal on its own or something that may need repair. At this point, I would suggest for you to wait out until the complete healing phase has passed. If the lump is still there, you can ask your board certified plastic surgeon for repair or correction assistance. As for massages, I would not recommend that you do it without your plastic surgeon’s approval. There are instances when massages can do more harm than good. Do not hesitate to discuss this with your plastic surgeon. With approval, you can ask for the proper way on how to do it as well as ask if you can massage it together with a topical cream or ointment. Hope you find this helpful!