Hi, I recently got double eyelid surgery and was wondering when I could start washing my eyes. I am currently washing my face carefully avoiding my eyes and making sure that water doesn't touch my eyelids. I wanted to start wearing eye makeup again but I'm afraid that I might damage the sutures while trying to remove my makeup.
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Age 14 is probably too young to have Asian eyelid surgery. I would recommend waiting until age 18-20. The reason is that your eyelids are still growing and changing more at age 14 than at a later age.
The permanent makeup should not make a huge difference in your eyelids unless there is some type of infection. An infection would be more likely if there is more tenderness, redness, and swelling than before. You should get some swelling from eyebrow tatooing and this should be expected...
That's an accurate observation. The lashes do not always point down in patients with no double eyelid crease but they usually do. Typically the lashes are elevated after anchoring technique Asian eyelid surgery via an incision technique. Suture technique usually can create a crease but wo...
