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UPDATED FROM suzicoin
25 days post

Making progress at one and 2.5 weeks

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suzicoin
WORTH IT$14,501
Still having a little problem with my right eye closing, quite a bit a bruising despite arnica gel and tablets,, still some swelling, but I am using the compression face wrap almost religiously. It’s a lot of work, this recovery business, but if I want good results I’ve got to follow instructs. Loving my eyes and lips and chin. He did a great job on them. I’ll know more about the rest when the swelling is gone. Adding my fun eye patch pic for fun!

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Sandeep Jejurikar, MD

Sandeep Jejurikar, MD

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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June 1, 2021
how are you doing??
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June 1, 2021
Thanks for asking! So, I do really like my surgeon and I know he is super busy, but sometimes I’m not sure he remembers who I am. At 5 weeks, he sent me to an ophthalmologist for my right eye but didn’t give him a heads up on why I was there so I had to explain. It is healthy but due to the bleph, I have “incomplete blink”, which means my eye doesn’t shut all the way, blinking or sleeping. I now have night gel and regular eye drops to use often, and extra massaging to do to my eyelids to work away scar tissue. As for my neck lift, there is still quite a lot of swelling, so I wear the compression band nightly. Still very happy with the blephs overall, the fat transfer, and for sure the lip lift!
People that don’t know what I had done think I look younger/great. :)
Odd side effect of it all... my facial recognition on my iPhone doesn’t work anymore! :D
Again, thanks for asking!
UPDATED FROM suzicoin
14 days post

Day of facelift and a few days after

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suzicoin
DAY 2 - 4/13/21
most of my head feels fine-vision is almost useless, just shadows. Left eye is doing good as far as I can tell. Right eye won’t shut all the way, and is quite painful when I try. Dr J did a LOT of work on my eyes, so I’m not surprised I’m having difficulties. My first check up the next evening he took off the mummy head wrap, did a dry shampoo on my ton of hair, combed it out, and put a new head wrap on. We spoke about my right eye, he said to keep rinsing it, using the ointment, and covering with icy cold cloths every so often, which we’ve been doing. The next day when that eye was still feeling horrible, I looked closer and realized there was a glob of something bulging out and over my right lid. Called Dr’s PA Hannah, and sent pictures on to her which she showed to him after he was done with his current surgery. He did call me back and said to again continue what we were doing and he’d see us on our 4th day po.
In summary, as of 3 days post the beginning of the procedures, the drugs that were administered in the IV have completely dissipated. I now can feel the stitching around my ears, very vaguely the stitches under my nose (both of which are starting to itch!), and a very very sore stiff neck. So it’s been a couple days. Now it’s Friday the 16th and the pain level has come down and my eyes just now are able to see. I have a new prescription from Dr. J for prednisone eye drops that have been able to make my right eye focus and I don’t feel so awkward now. So most of the stitches don’t hurt, some of them itch but I’m very comfortable now. I still have the wrap around my head. I was allowed to shower this evening completely washing my hair and everything.I have an appointment tomorrow Saturday 4/17/2021 with Dr. Jejurikar at three just to see where we’re at and hopefully will remove some stitches but not sure. And I think we’ll see what the status of all the wounds will be.Both eyes are doing much better with the eyedrops prescribed.

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UPDATED FROM suzicoin
9 days post

Day of surgery

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suzicoin
Facelift, eye Blephs, lip lift, fat transfer. 4/12/2021
Day one; surgery was first of 4 for Dr J, and we were delayed by anesthesiologist until 11:45. coming out of surgery I had a bad migraine that I had had before I even went into surgery. I wasn’t aware that it was a migraine, I thought it was the general pain of all the surgery so all the narcotic medications they were pumping into me had no effect on a headache. Lucky we took measures to prevent nausea! Both eyes are super photophobic and sensitive to the wind. It is 7:30 pm and I am basically blind and discharged , with a lot of medical care goodies so hubs gets me settled into my preset couch I prepped with all my drugs, instructions, antiseptic wipes and hand sanitizer and charger cords, Kleenex and trash bin. I was pretty well set up.! Pretty miserable that night. Might have gotten 2 hours of sleep total.

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