42 y/o- ready to unpack my eye bags with a lower blepharoplasty/skin pinch

My eye bags/fat pads under my eyes have gotten progressively worse over the last 5 years. They are hereditary and after trying every topical option on the market, I came to accept that surgery was the only option of removing them. I had 3 consultations over the course of 2 years (one with an optometrist, one with a PS, and one with an ocular PS.) I finally decided to pull the trigger and go with the second doc (the ocular PS.) I wasn’t planning on doing a review, but decided to go ahead since I’ve gained so much info from the other reviews on this site. My procedure was yesterday (4/10/19.)

I thought I would include some pics of my eyes before my surgery. I took some a couple days before the procedure without makeup. And then some in the waiting room but the lighting was weird with the sunlight. It was hard to find pics with makeup that showed my bags because I’ve become an expert at taking pics with the right lighting/flash and/or applying the right filter or throwing on a fun pair of sunglasses! But I found a couple recent ones to show my always tired looking eyes.

So yesterday was my procedure. I had a lower blepharoplasty with fat removal and skin pinch. It was all done while awake. I was quite nervous because I have a total eye phobia. Anything having to do with eyes gross me out. Haha Even having to put eye drops in is a whole ordeal. I psych myself out every time. But I’m happy to say everything went well. When I arrived, Dr. Spindle came in and we visited about everything to make sure we were on the same page with what I wanted for results. (It has been 7 months since my consultation.) He is an oculoplastic surgeon and made me feel very comfortable trusting him with my eyes. After we reviewed everything and I signed my consent forms, I was given 3 valiums and sent to the waiting room for them to kick in. I was definitely feeling good and relaxed by the time they called me back in. The worst part of it all by far was the numbing of the eyes. I lost track of how many needles went in my eyes... felt like 5 or 6 per eye? Was a quick sting each time. After that I couldn’t feel anything. When he finished the left eye and started on the right, there were a couple times when I could feel more than I would have liked. But he was good about injecting more lidocaine whenever that happened. He told me to expect a burning smell, and boy was he right. He did the fat removal from inside the eye lids of both eyes. And the did the skin pinch on each eye with incisions below the lower lash line. He did comment that I had more fat than he expected once he got in there. I wish I would have thought to ask to see it after but to be honest I was pretty loopy from the Valium. He also commented how most people start bruising before the procedure was over with and I had minimal bruising so hopefully that is a good sign of things to come. The procedure lasted maybe 30-45 minutes?? They gave me an ice mask to put on and my husband helped me to the car. I was starting to feel some pain by the time we got to the pharmacy for my pain meds. Of course they weren’t ready yet, so we picked up some lunch to go, went back to the pharmacy and then headed home. I got home around 1pm, took my Tylenol 3 (with codeine) that the doc prescribed. Ate my lunch. Then laid back (elevated) and napped on and off for a couple hours with my ice mask. My doctor called to check on me around 6pm which I thought was great. He answered some questions I had forgotten to ask in my Valium stupor. I’ll attach some pics post op. I took one more pain pill at 5pm, and then one at 10pm. And no more since then. I applied the ointment he prescribed me sometime after dinnertime.