I had upper and lower blepharoplasty two weeks ago. I am feeling very regretful about the eyes. It looks as though the shape of my eyes have changed and I am getting a lot of swelling under and at the tops of my cheeks, my nose also seems swollen. I was led to believe in a few days and no none would notice I had anything done, I would look "refreshed". I see my surgeon in two days and will address my concerns, I am just wondering if this healing process is normal? Thanks in advance.
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Answer: Swelling after Upper and Lower Blepharoplasty
Unless things were extremely wide and considered a reconstruction, nobody would take the risk of such a huge operation to decrease the distance between the eyes. That being said, if you have an epicanthal fold, doing an epicanthoplasty is a much smaller procedure that definitely gives the ...
A short term partial treatment would be filler injection the hollow dark area under your eyes. A long term treatment would be transconjunctival lower blepharoplasty with fat bags repositioning. See following surgical video and link.
Hello Ali_Nar,Good question. Here are your answers: 1. Wait typically 2-3weeks of compresses etc to see Improvement. If not then start taking next steps injections and or surgery2 don't want to prematurely do surgery earlier if it can possibly go away with conservative treatment. Always err on ...
