Upper Blepharoplasty

This Friday at 10:30 AM I am having laser upper blepharoplasty surgery. It will be done under local anesthesia in a surgical suite in my plastic surgeon’s office in Winter Park, FL.
I will be 55 years old next month and this is my birthday gift to myself.
About 6 years ago I started noticing in photos that one of my eyes was not as wide open as the other eye. I thought perhaps I had developed some sort of disorder or something. As I began researching, I realized that it was a droopy eyelid due to excess skin. At that point I knew that I would want an upper blepharoplasty at some point.
I met with two board certified plastic surgeons in FL and decided to go with Dr Ruth Hill Yeilding an oculoplastic surgeon. She specializes in eye and facial surgery. Honestly I did not want to go with a plastic surgeon who is a jack of all trades. I like that Dr Yeilding only works on the face.
I researched online about vitamins you can take before and after surgery to help reduce swelling and bruising. I also found a list of foods to avoid. I hope all of this helps and that my recovery will be good.

When I arrived to my doctor’s office with my 3 bottles of meds, they instructed me to take 1 mg Xanax, one 325 mg Percocet and 12.5 mg of Pomethazine, an anti nausea med. This was about 30 minutes before my scheduled surgery time. I brought a ready to drink protein drink with me to take them with. Also, because I was not going under general anesthesia, they had advised me to eat some sort of carbs, like a sandwich for breakfast at home.

They walked me into the surgical room. I did feel slightly lightheaded so I held onto my husband walking on in. I sat upright in the chair and the surgeon started drawing/marking up my eyelids. I mildly remember getting the lidocaine injections but barely. I’ve read reviews where people say the worst part were the injections. But, I can’t say that because I can’t even remember feeling them. Frankly, the next thing I recall is being sat upright and being told I was finished. In advance, I told them that I wanted to see the skin that was removed. The nurse showed it to me and I got a photo of it. I do not actually remember taking the photo, but it’s on my camera roll so I must have!

I walked (I was definitely unsteady) to the front lobby and waited with my daughter for my husband to pick us up with the car to go home.

Photos right after surgery while waiting to go home.