Can you explain the after surgery followup with Upper Blepharoplasty? Please include some details like how long after the surgery until the stitches are taken out at the surgeon's office? How long for the next visit after the stitches come out, and so on? And, the time frame (months?) when it is healed and no more doctor visits are needed. I would like to learn the process and timeline. Thank you for your time!!!
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The contour issues you see on your lower eyelid may be postoperative swelling/scarring issues. My suggestion at this point would be to continue massage of the area and would consider injection of a mild steroid. This being your second lower blepharoplasty, it is possible that you...
In my 20 years of practice, people have come to me with similar situations saying that they don’t like their lower eyelids. I would not push them to do anything else even though I noticed that their upper eyelids would also benefit from surgery. After I did their lower eyelids, they’d come bac...
As an oculofacial cosmetic surgeon, 20% of my practice is revision and eyelid surgery and they rank highest in the hierarchy of plastic surgery procedures. Part of what we do in cosmetic surgery, is the reality that a certain percent or patients need revisions and no surgeon has never had to do...
