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You will be healing for about 6 months. If you had a lot of bruising after the surgery, the skin will often appear dark for many weeks. It looks like you may also benefit from some filler to improve the shadow. I am assuming the fat was removed and not repositioned. Wait until 6 months before doing anything.
You are still healing and the swelling should go down even more with time. The darkness of the lower lid region may be permanent. This is often due to having thin skin.
Your before and after photos show wonderful progress. The lightly in the photographs is coming from below and this tends to accent the shadows and contours. I would imagine that your eyelids look much better in natural light. Dark circles are a result of venous networks in the subcutaneous layers of the eyelid. Also, rubbing can cause inflammation in the layers of the skin and a dark, crepe-like appearance. If this dark appearance is still bothersome to you after another 2-3 months of healing, you may want to consider a pass of laser to minimize the discoloration. Filler along the maxilla (Juvederm Voluma or similar) might distract the skin and subcutaneous tissues enough to smooth the trough. Be sure to follow-up with your surgeon and see what he/she suggests for you. Best wishes on your healing.
I am assuming you had an oculoplastic surgeon do these surgeries since they are the ones who are specialists in this. You have now had both an internal and external approach to fix this. The question now is how much scarring is there in the lid, and do the muscles work well enough to try and d...
Your eyes look tired primarily because of the drooping of your upper eyelids. This can be corrected surgically and should produce an excellent improvement.You also have some wrinkling and puffiness of the lower eyelids, but this would be more difficult to correct. Start with the upper eyelids -...
In these photos, the brows - along with the brow fat pads - are low. This feature is hereditary, but may progress with age-related changes around the eyes. When the brow fat pad begins to slide below the orbital rim as in the second picture (Paul McCartney? or look-alike?), the lids may feel...
Correctly positioning a lateral canthal angle is very challenging. The most difficult aspect is placing the tissue sufficiently posterior so that the lower eyelid margin precisely hugs the corneal surface. This is essential to properly move tears on the corneal surface. Then the eyelid ma...
Lower lid blepharoplasty is a 30 to 40 minute procedure best performed under anesthesia as an outpatient. Patients go home with iced eye pads and return to office the following morning to check for hematomas. Sutures come out five days after surgery, at which office activity can be resumed. No...
The recovery after lower lid blepharoplasty may take many months, but usually the appearance improves week by week. Surgeons have different approaches to post-blepharoplasty instructions, but you may want to keep your head up while sleeping (above your heart - lots of pillows) and avoid highly...