Scar healing from double eyelid surgery? (Photo)

Plastic surgery scars require attention after surgery so that they remain cosmetically-appealing and barely noticeable. In our office, we use a protocol for scars that minimizes their activity in the 6-8 weeks after surgery. If you have late plastic surgery scars, you may also require laser and RF therapy to help reduce the longterm effects of the scarring. Keloids, hypertrophic scars, widened scars, red scars, and hyperpigmented scars all require scar modulation with topical creams followed by lasers and RF therapy. Topical skincare should be directed to a specific need, whether for pigmentation or hypertrophy and our office can guide you through the process to obtain the correct Plato’s Scar cream or Melarase cream for hypertrophy and discoloration. In terms of lasers, we would employ the vbeam laser for redness, Venus Viva RF, PRP microneedling, chemical peels, and Morpheus 8, fractional erbium, or fractional co2. All of these have their individual benefits. Most of all, we recommend you visit a solid plastic surgeon who understands surgical scar revision, laser therapy, and RF therapy for scars.

Best,
Dr. Karamanoukian
Realself100 Surgeon

The incisions after blepharoplasty or double eyelid surgery usually fade within the first 4-6 weeks but can take even longer.  Redness along the incision line is common following surgery and from your photo does not look concerning at this stage of your healing.  As the incision line undergoes collagen remodeling the incision should appear and feel more smooth with time.

The pink color of the incisions will fade with time.  It is common to have some areas of the scar raised and slightly uneven early on.  This should all resolve after 6 to 12 weeks.

Eyelid skin is extremely thin, so some bumps for a few months is completely normal.  The redness and bumpiness is usually completely gone in 3-4 mo, 6 mo at most.  When you have very fair skin the redness may be a little more noticeable in the beginning.  You look like you are headed for a great result.  Jane.

your incisions are very normal looking, particularly for Asian skin. My guess is that you are somewhere in the 2-4 week post op period and I tell all of my patients that it may get worse before it gets better. However, know that with good sun protection, it should heal down just fine.