Is it normal to still be this swollen 6 weeks post op double eyelid surgery? It was a revision (Photo)

Thank you for sharing your case and photos.  You seem to be healing well after your surgery.  It is too early to make any decisions about the outcome because there is still some swelling of your lids and the incisions are not finished healing.  Follow your surgeon’s advice and bring up your conc...

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...

Hello! Pretarsal crease height can be lowered surgically to decrease pretarsal show.  It may be unrealistic to lower to the same height as before surgery but it can be lowered to make the eye shape appear more almond and less round.  Goretti H. Taghva MD FACS

Hi, Thank you for your question! We strongly urge all of our patients to stay away from alcohol consumption 1 month before and 1 month after upper blepharoplasty surgery.  Alcohol does several things that slows the process of recovery.  First, it dilates blood vessels which translates to more s...

Hi scarletty,Scars usually improve over time, but should it persist more than 1year, minor procedures can be done such as laser treatments. 

Thank you for your photos. It sounds and looks like you received at DST double eyelid procedure which uses sutures to create the fold. The fold is not permanent as the suture eventually weakens and can break with time which has likely happened to you. An incisional technique will be permanent. ...