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Thick Scar and Ridge After Blepharoplasty

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I am desperate to know what to do. Seven weeks ago, I had a bilateral upper blepharoplasty. The plastic surgeon cut not only my eyelids but right out onto my face by more than a centimetre, above the corner of my eye, extending diagonally towards my brow. This has left me with two ugly thick scar lines which make me look like a clown. The edges of the cut are not joined tightly, particularly on the right side of my face, and I have a thick open ridge which is so ugly. I feel like a freak. I don't know what to ask for or what can be done to improve this.

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Dr. Tanuj Nakra, MD, FACS
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Dr. Ronald J. Edelson, MD
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Dr. Julian De Silva, MD
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Dr. Richard J. Bruneteau, MD
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