Removed too much skin during upper eyelid surgery (Photo)

Thank you for your question. You’d like to know if a small to medium eyelid crease can look like a very large crease temporarily after surgery.Just a bit of information about myself — I’m a Board-certified cosmetic surgeon and Fellowship-trained oculofacial plastic and reconstructive surge...

Plastic surgeons have varying opinions as to when it is appropriate to be able to apply makeup following Asian double crease surgery. In my practice, we weight approximately 6 to 7 days following surgery. Applying makeup is not usually the problem, often it is removing it at the end of the day....

Thank you for your question! I understand you had Asian Eyelid surgery in Vietnam and you were prescribed Natri Chloride and Povidine for the daily cleaning of your upper eyelids. Since it’s only sold in Vietnam, you’re asking if there’s an alternative cleaning solution that you can use.To give ...

1 week post surgery photo really is not a good way to make any decisions on. The swelling and wounds will need time to settle down and you need to continue with elevating your head, using compresses as directed by your plastic surgeon and staying away from strenuous activities. You need to be...

Thank you for your question.  It is very common to have mild chemosis after lateral canthoplasty because conjunctival dissection is made. Ophthalmic eye drops with antibiotics and steroid maybe helpful.  Usually patients will benefit from ice compression rather than warm compression in...

Thank you for your question.  The fold depth can be controlled somewhat depending on where you anchor the fold (lavator muscle vs tarsus), and how much dissection is made to hollow out that pretarsal segment.  But looking at the photos you posted, there are other factors other than the...