Upper Blepharoplasty

Healing nicely. Finally my lids are not feeling “heavy”, so the swelling is going down. I have to say that my eyes are still quite sensitive to the strong morning Florida sun, even while wearing sunglasses. If I wear a hat too, then it’s better.
I forgot to mention that initially I was going to do the CO2 ablative laser on my under eyelids to tighten up the skin (see photo of my under eye wrinkles when smiling). This would have been performed at the same time as the upper blepharoplasty. But, upon further research, I found out that it is imperative that you stay out of the sun for a few months following this procedure. Being that summer was approaching, the timing would not have been good. I am thinking of doing the CO2 laser in December and possibly doing my entire face.

Dr Yeilding keeps sutures in for two weeks. I think other plastic surgeons remove them sooner. After she removed my sutures, she put Dermabond on a portion of my right eye incision. I was told not to get it wet and that it would flake off in about 4 days. I guess that incision needed an extra boost to help keep it closed up.

You can see how changing the ointment and taking the prednisone really calmed down my eyes. Looking much better.
Oh, a tip for icing your eyes the first 48-72 hours. I used the 5 inch by 4 inch square, snack sized ziploc bags stuffed with frozen corn kernels. Peas work as well. They were the perfect size to rest on your eye sockets.