Upper & lower blepharoplasty with fat grafting for dark circles & puffiness

I’m so incredibly happy with my results. I still have some minor swelling but it’s barely noticeable to anyone but me and the doctor. My scars are just barely pink now and well within my natural lash line (lower) and crease (upper). I’m much further along than I expected to be. The lipo spots are not painful at all any longer. Today is my first day back at the gym (with doctor approval)!

Zero pain today and the swelling has gone down as the day progressed. I feel like I could hit the gym and go as hard as I normally do but I won’t! Ran errands and took my dogs out for walkies. Work tomorrow will be no problem.

I arrived early because my Uber driver was early. I snuggled into the waiting room until the nurse called me back. Once I was in the surgical suite, everything moved efficiently. Dr. Zahir came in to go over everything again to make sure I understood everything he would be doing. Then he marked me up and off I went. I chose to go with local and also had a Valium so I was super chill. They did the liposuction first then rolled me over to do the eyelids and fat grafting. There were a few spicy moments during the lipo and some of the skin removal but the pain wasn’t unbearable. I’ve had two natural childbirths so that’s sort of my benchmark and it was nowhere near that bad - maybe 3/10. I couldn’t tell you how long it took because I was pretty loopy but it felt like it went quickly - I’m gonna guess two hours or so. What I really enjoyed is that they were training a new PA intern and explaining everything that they were doing - I learned a lot.

A coworker gave me a ride home and I was able to lay in bed on my wedge pillow to keep my face elevated and wet compresses on my eyes. I slept on that pillow with my CPAP mask on and it was very comfortable. Before bed I took some acetaminophen and another Valium.

My lipo spots on my back are a little sore today and some of the tumescent fluid has leaked out (totally normal). My eyes and face aren’t sore at all but my eyes are swollen. I’m eating softer foods for now and have no problems.

I’m crossing my fingers that this doesn’t trigger a fibromyalgia flare but so far, so good.