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Having Lower Eyelid Surgery to Remove Bags - Columbia, SC
UPDATED FROM ShadesOfHeather
25 days post
Three weeks....almost four
$3,750
Not sure if I updated but I had to have the right eye lanced. I had a small pustule and we weren't sure what it was. He lanced it and it drained - more like a pimple. He put me on antibiotics just to be safe. This is me today. Surgery was 3/21, so almost four weeks. I still have some redness and tightness off and on. I have to rub the eyes gently to help loosen them. I am extremely happy.
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UPDATED FROM ShadesOfHeather
5 days post
Day 5 - Post Op - doctor visit
He removed the one stitch on each eye and I was wrong - someone asked me if there were stitches or if the repairs were done inside the lid - they were inside the lid with only one stitch at the corner of each eyelid. He removed the stitch on each side today and put on a steristrip that will stay on 24 hours to 5 days. I was strictly advised to not remove them or I could open the area up. Interesting.
He also advised that as the weeks went on my lower lid will drop as the scar draws the lid downward. I will start massaging the area in another week or so to loosen it up so it pops back up. We shall see...
He also advised that as the weeks went on my lower lid will drop as the scar draws the lid downward. I will start massaging the area in another week or so to loosen it up so it pops back up. We shall see...
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March 27, 2014
Did the surgeon say why you had stitches on the corners of your eyes?
March 27, 2014
Why do you have blood along your lower eyelid if he did the surgery from the inside?
March 27, 2014
It was crusted there..I seeped blood the first day. We were told by the nurses to keep the area dry, but when I went in yesterday I was told by the surgeon that I could have cleaned the area gently with peroxide and qtips
April 15, 2014
I can't wait til I get mine too and be like the rest of you!!!!
Congrats Cograts!!
UPDATED FROM ShadesOfHeather
5 days post
Day 5 Post Op. - yellow doesn't become me.
Seeing more change and less swelling. Left eye weeps a lot and gets a funky film that I remove carefully with a qTip. If I don't remove it I blink excessively to clear my vision which makes things sore. I feel like the bruising is subsiding and turning yellow. I look jaundiced and my face is still swollen. It always amazes me how you can go through surgery, no test anything for days after except Melba toast and saltines, and still gain weight. Frustrating!
No pain meds since yesterday at one or so..yeah! I am also off the phenergan and my thinking is clearer..no longer fuzzy. The only issue with this is I want to be up and active.
Doctor follow up today at noon. I feel sure he will remove the drain from my lower area where we did a scar revision and I so graciously decided to snap my tube on a cabinet and extract it enough to lose suction. Argh! That are has healed over pretty quickly considering. I hope he doesn't plan to remove stitches yet...if they are removable...the corners of my eyes are very tender still.
No pain meds since yesterday at one or so..yeah! I am also off the phenergan and my thinking is clearer..no longer fuzzy. The only issue with this is I want to be up and active.
Doctor follow up today at noon. I feel sure he will remove the drain from my lower area where we did a scar revision and I so graciously decided to snap my tube on a cabinet and extract it enough to lose suction. Argh! That are has healed over pretty quickly considering. I hope he doesn't plan to remove stitches yet...if they are removable...the corners of my eyes are very tender still.
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March 26, 2014
You are looking good for being five days post-op, your bruises are fading really quickly. Congrats!
March 26, 2014
I agree - thank you. He made it sound like it will look worse before it looks better. I guess the lower lid will drop soon....we shall see.
March 27, 2014
WOW! Hope I bruise like you! :-) So while you are waiting for the lower lid to drop, are you experiencing any discomfort or pain (e.g., dry eye)? In other words, is it more just the way it looks that you're hoping to resolve, or is there a physical impact?
March 27, 2014
Well, remember..he said I would get worse before I got better. He has warned that my lower eyelids will likely droop as these next weeks progress. I agree that things don't look as bad as anticipated and I hope that I continue to defy those odds. I have little to know pain in this area. The left eye weeps more than the right. Moving my eyes hurts at times..extreme look is up and down or right and left are painful but tolerable. I have only have had to take pain meds for the other part of my surgery unrelated to the eyes.
I did the surgery for the physical effects I hoped to achieve. The discomfort is minimal. At this point I hope to resolve both the looks (bruising to disappear and bags to be gone at the end of this process) as well as the constant weeping from the left eye and the minimal discomfort experienced when using my eyes. I hope that makes sense. Aside from the looks this has been a very easy surgery to deal with.
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