Bumps and Tightness After Canthopexy

Do yourself a favor and stop looking in the mirror. You are very early post-op and you still have significant swelling and the tissues have not settled. In a few days to weeks, all of this will improve. You will save yourself much grief and distress by being patient and not over-analyzing everything in the mirror. Good luck with your recovery.

The bumps in the outer corners of the eyes is a normal phenomenon after a canthopexy or canthoplasty. There are sutures underneath the area of the orbital rim, the lateral portion of the orbit, which are holding the new position of the eyelid in an upward fashion. Either permanent or dissolvable sutures can be used and in time the swelling will subside and the bumps should go away regardless of the suture used.

Dear Gaga,
You are very early from you surgical procedure. Things that are going on now are very likely to improve. Often doctors like to soft sell the surgery they are proposing to perform to avoid sounding negative. However, you had a very big lower eyelid surgery. It is interesting that your surgeon performed a transcutaneous lower eyelid procedure but only removed skin which is certainly possible. If this procedure truly only involved the removal of skin and the surgery did not violate the underlying muscle and septum, then presumably much of what you are aware of is due to swelling. This should settle down dramatically over the next 4 to 6 weeks.
If you are having a continued issue after that time, I suggest you contact the Realself community again and include a photo of your appearance at that time for further input.