Monday 18 November 2013

A day by day guide for eyelid surgery recovery!

Undoubtedly, you must have spent a lot of time in thinking about the potential results of eyelid operation, but you may not have focused on the healing time period that plays an essential role in the outcomes surgery. We are here for your help!

Knowing about what all things you will face during your recovery time period, here is a quick guide for your help. Let’s have a look:

Once your surgery is complete28, surgeon will lubricate your eyes and apply dressing over it. You will likely experience temporary blurry vision, but do not panic, as it would not last for a long time. As the anesthesia wears off, your vision would become perfect, but yes, you will feel slight pain.

Mood swings will also be there in patient, but this will vary from person to person (some may feel emotional, cold, nauseated and shivering etc.). In such case, medications would provide that would help one to overcome from it.

Following are few precautions that an Eyelid surgeon in NY will provide to the patients:

Activity restrictions

After the operation, you will face mild discomfort. You need to take prescribed medication at this point of time. However, make sure you do not take any non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen, naproxen or aspirin, as it increases the risk of bleeding.

Infection is also a risk that causes to patient after the operation. Therefore, you must take antibiotics that will help reduce your risk of injection.

Besides this, one must not participate in strenuous activities and for at least 10 days, one must take complete rest. Watching a TV after few days, avoiding of contact lenses, resume using of eye makeup are few other precautions that patients need to consider.

Bruising & swelling

This is very common to happen after the operation. However, the amount of bruising will vary from person to person because different people have different eyes from moderate to black or raccoon eyes. As the days will pass swelling will slowly dissipate, but yes, you need to use cold compresses on your face and eyes. This will help minimize swelling and bruising.

Sleeping

While sleeping, you should keep your head elevated by using two medium-sized pillows or via purchasing an inclined foam wedge. Surgeon will also instruct patient to wear eye mask. This will help protect eyes while sleeping.

If you have undergone blepharoplasty operation your eyelid surgeon in NY or elsewhere will definitely update you with all the dos and don’ts that will help you to recover fast.

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