I'm in my mid-60's and had my surgery about 9 months ago. I see some asymmetry between the two eyes and while I did not have that prior to my surgery, I'm not sure if anything can be done about that but what bothers me most is the dent and the shadows it creates in certain lighting conditions. Could I be worse off if I had fat grafting done to correct this? What are the risks, healing time, and recovery like from this. Any other options? What caused these dents? Will they get worse with time?
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January 12, 2020
Answer: The dent is the result of tissue atrophy associated with your surgery.
The upper bulge just beneath your eyelashes is caused by your lower eyelid muscle and cannot be removed.Puffiness beneath the bulge can be intraoral fat which can be repositioned lower beneath the eyelid to improve cheek fullness and lessen the depression there. Please see very experienced ...
If you are looking for purely cost effective treatment with no downtime it is worth a trial of botox alone. This can make a significant difference. It is cheap. It treats the contraction of the orbicularis muscle that leads to some of the wrinkles. It is hard to be both cost effective and res...
Internal sutures are commonly used in plastic surgical closures, even sometimes in eyelids. If you have external lower lid incision you might have some inside sutures laterally. The pain you feel is more likely from a sensitive nerve that is "waking up". Gentile massage usually helps that pain...
