I had upper blepharoplasty surgery on 1st oct 2011, and two weeks ago, i found a lump on the incision on my right eye, when i touch it, i feel a sharp pain and when i gently rub my finger across the lump, it seems like there is something sharp and hard poking out of the skin, and the thing poking out seems to be black in colour as seen from the photo. I asked my plastic surgeon whether it is leftover stitch, but he said he uses dissolvable stitch so it's fine. Is this normal? What should i do?
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Thank you for the question.
Based on your description of the fracture, I think you're physicians have made the right call and I would suggest continued follow-up with them for evaluation of the diplopia and the position of the globes.
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1) So now you know not to worry about the scars, but there are things to worry about. If lower blepharoplasty is not very skilfully done, the shape of the eyes can be affected. Common poor results include outer corners of the eyes pulled down, lower lids rounded and...
Sophie
Reversing a fold is essentially impossible. There is not practical way to make this look cosmetically acceptable. There are situations were we try anyway because the upper eyelid has been so aggressively hollowed. In that case the situation is not really taking a...
