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5 months after lower bleph
Here's me this morning, 5 months after a lower bleph to remove the fat that was put in. I still have swelling on my left side and it's still a little tender and numbish. On my right side the swelling is all gone, some numbness still and there's some fat that was missed. Better than it was, but still shows up pretty awful under certain lighting. I'm gonna give it a few more months before deciding if and what to do. I have a follow up in May. I'm assuming my Dr. will want to try steroid shots in the last bit of fat again. We'll see what happens.
9+ months update
I haven't posted pics in awhile, as not much has been changing. I did try the steroid shots in March, and again in May. I just went back after the last one for my 8-week progress check. I have not notice any measurable difference in the fat globs from the shots. My Dr. is wary of cutting into my face when he feels the shots will work if given enough time (he says it's a slooooooow process with the steroid shots because he can only inject a very small amount at a time, so as to not atrophy other areas around the target - yikes). He agreed to book me a surgery date if I tried one more round of the steroid shots, and if I feel at that point that they're working well, we can just cancel or postpone surgery. So I've booked a lower bleph for November. I would at this point much rather two small scars that match than two lumps under my eyes that don't! Anyway, I just took 2 pics of my current face this morning - for your info and amusement :) I am very much looking forward to fixing this!!
4 month update
I'm around the 4 month mark now. Things have gotten slightly better, but the same problems remain. The uneven, puffy parts under my eyes are still in different places, and feel like tough scar tissue. And the other day I noticed another one under my "good", or "better" eye - right in the corner, kinda floating in there. This one is not visible, but as I was feeling for the other one my finger ran into it.... it's like a little ball of scar tissue floating freely in there. I don't know what the outcome will be - I'm getting scared of any means to try to fix it. I keep telling myself just to leave it alone, but I really hate the look of it and it's all I see in myself anymore. I'm grossed out by feeling around the area, which doesn't make massaging it fun at all. Sorry I didn't have better news.