Why do I still have bags under my eyes 8 months after lower eyelid surgery?

December 5, 2015
Asked By:EM1550 in Brooklyn, MS

Hi I got upper and lower eye lid surgery 8 months ago . After surgery around 5 months later the swelling and bags under my eyes were almost as if gone and now 8 months later I see bags again. Little bags but enough to bother me . My surgeon told me that the bags under my eyes will never return but here it is again. I am very unhappy and I want to know if this is normal . Please help me . Thank you

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March 5, 2023

Answer: Recurrent lower lid bags can occur after good surgery

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Vaishali B. Doolabh, MD, FACSBoard Certified Plastic Surgeon
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Answer: Recurrent lower lid bags can occur after good surgery

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Vaishali B. Doolabh, MD, FACSBoard Certified Plastic Surgeon
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December 7, 2015

Answer: Recurrent lower lid bags

John J. Martin, Jr., MDOculoplastic Surgeon, Board Certified in Ophthalmology
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December 7, 2015

Answer: Recurrent lower lid bags

John J. Martin, Jr., MDOculoplastic Surgeon, Board Certified in Ophthalmology
October 21, 2016

Answer: Results post lower lid blepheroplasties

Nagi T. Ayoub, MD, FACSBoard Certified Plastic Surgeon
October 21, 2016

Answer: Results post lower lid blepheroplasties

Nagi T. Ayoub, MD, FACSBoard Certified Plastic Surgeon

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December 6, 2015

Answer: Bags returned after lower eyelid surgery: why?

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Thomas A. Mustoe, MD, FACSBoard Certified Plastic Surgeon
December 6, 2015

Answer: Bags returned after lower eyelid surgery: why?

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Thomas A. Mustoe, MD, FACSBoard Certified Plastic Surgeon
December 6, 2015

Answer: Eyelid bags can return in some cases

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Answer: Eyelid bags can return in some cases

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