My doctor removed my stitches a week after my upper eyelids surgery and he left a strip. Is that normal? (Photo)

This should not concern you at all. Some physicians place these while the incisions heal. The strips will fall off in a day or two.

We do not routinely tape upper Blepharoplasty incisions, though occasionally paper tape may be placed on the incisions laterally, by the tail of your brow, if there is a lot of pre-op hooding. Your tape should fall off in several days. If you liked your eyelid appearance when your sutures were removed in the office, you should not be disappointed when your tape falls off.Hope this helps.Dr Joseph

This is a question best posed to your surgeon, however it is not "bad" practice at all to leave on steri-strips for a few days after suture removal.

Steri-Strips on upper eyelid incisions is not a normal practice. First of all, the Steri-Strips are much stiffer than the upper eyelid skin and will likely cause disruption of normal eye-opening. It is probably uncomfortable for you as well.  It will also be traumatic to remove because the upper eyelid skin is extremely thin and delicate in the first few weeks after the procedure.  Hopefully you won't pull your incisions apart when they are removed.  I am guessing that maybe one of your surgeon's inexperienced staff members might have put those strips on? 

You will need to contact you doctor and find out why the strips were placed over your incision.  I don't use steristrips on this area because of the need for movement of the upper eyelid and the quick healing of an eyelid incision makes this unnecessary in my opinion.

Thank you for the question and photo. It looks like you are healing well. If the wound looked like it might start opening, your surgeon was being cautious. You do not need to be concerned. Good luck.

That is not a problem at all. Different doctors have different techniques that all work. I would let them fall off on their own. 

Best to call your surgeon to ask this issue of a steristrip being left on the incision after 1 week post op...

Congratulations on your procedure and thanks
for sharing your question. I can appreciate your concern.



Everything seems to be healing ok.
Different surgeons have different ways of doing things. It is not right or
wrong to put steri strips.



Your Doctor is taking the correct
steps. Have an open conversation with her/him, as you progress with your
surgery.



Wishing you the best in your journey