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I think this is something you need to bring to the attention of your surgeon. You may be experiencing dry eye and a headache is how you interpret this discomfort. It may be something else. Whatever it is it is not normal. For this reason, contact your surgeon immediately and have them assess you. If necessary, consider being evaluated by an oculoplastic surgeon or a cornea specialist if your surgeon lacks the specialized equipment and skills needed to examine the eye surfaces.
Headaches can be from alot of differnet things. If it is the worst headache you ever had, in the back of my mind, I always worry about patients having a stroke. In this case, you should go to the emergency room immediately to be evaluated. If it is a "normal" headache, it may be from the surgery, dehydration, swelling, etc.. Usually tylenol may help this. You should contact your surgeon either way to be evaluated.
Although this is not common, tesion headache after such procedures is not rare. Frequently the cause may be the muscle tension from the face or neck lift. This can be improved with a short course of muscle relaxants and none steroidal anti-inflammatory medication. You may also be experiencing eye sensitivity due to dry eyes from the upper lid procedure which may improve with artificial tears and limiting reading activity. If this problem persists, you should definitely bring it to your doctor's attention.
In my experience, adjusting upper eyelid crease (supratarsal crease, orbitopalpebral crease) position is possible, either raising or lowering, to achieve symmetry with contralateral upper lid. Decide which side you like best, and plan adjustment on other side to match the one you like.
However it is not feasible to perform sutureless upper eyelid surgery. The forces on the upper eyelid would result in gapping of the skin and this would significantly compromise healing. Dermabond glue is an option but this could also lead to a depressed upper eyelid scar....
While upper eyelid surgery is not a lengthy procedure, it is not a foot race either. The conjunctival mullerectomy ptosis surgery is a relatively brief procedure. An anterior levator aponeurosis resections requires additional intraoperative time. So the exact time of surgery...
Thank you nklimovi for your question. Typically puffy upper lids can only be addressed with surgery because we need to remove the fat pocket and potentially extra skin. There typically isn't much down time with the procedure and sutures are removed within 5-7 days. Make a consult with a bo...
I don't know anything about "Dr. Novick". He must really fly through upper eyelid surgery if he can do it in 10 minutes. I take longer, about 30 to 45 minutes. Many patients can have this under local and return to regular activities the same day (although...
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