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Eye Re-Surgery

Eye revision (natural adhesion after incisional double eyelid surgery) + upper canthoplasty, day 7 review, ...

I was going to write this on the photo review board, but apparently you can only post there once every 60 days.. so I’ll write it here I had a very puffy face in my 20s -> puffy upper eyelids, so wherever I went, I was always told I needed incisional surgery. My last double eyelid surgery was about 7 or 8 years ago, done by incision. It was just a reasonably natural in-out line.  It wasn’t super thin. But as time passed, the skin on my upper eyelids gradually came down. It would have been fine if the double eyelid line had come down evenly from start to end (left eye), but on my right eye, the middle part over the pupil came down a lot, so the double eyelid looked distorted, you know? I got annoyed and booked a consultation. The consultation review is in my previous post. Anyway, so I proceeded with natural adhesion and upper canthoplasty. My eyes had drooped and the skin had come down, but the doctor told me the skin wasn’t completely loose and floppy. And because my previous surgery was incisional, the fixation was on the stronger side, so even though this was natural adhesion, they said they fixed it somewhat deeply. Deep fixation + high line -> swelling and sausage-like look last longer That’s expected.  From the day of surgery until day 7 when the stitches were removed, I did wonder if the line was a bit high, but since it is about 1-1.5 higher than my previous line, I expect it will be an appropriate height. Anyway, I got my stitches removed today, and looking at the eye shape, the previous line is green,,  the new natural adhesion line is red,, and the upper canthoplasty is pink,, but when I close and open my eyes, it doesn’t connect from red to pink, it drops from red - ? - green.  I marked the ? part in purple. Both sides are like that, but the right side is less severe, and the left side is a bit more severe, so when I open my eyes, it creates an angular line. When I asked about this part, they said the upper canthoplasty area has a lot of swelling, so it protrudes and the skin does not fold well there. They said once the swelling goes down, the skin will fold along the upper canthoplasty line. There actually is some swelling from the upper canthoplasty area to the upper eyelid. It’s puffy. I’ll watch this part and mention it in my next review. If I open my eyes casually, it isn’t noticeable, but the more I open them wide, the sharper the bent angle becomes.  The photo is with my eyes opened moderately casually but with some care. It looks less noticeable in the photo, and it bothers me a bit more in real life.

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