Is it okay to sew double eyelids?

The eyes are called the windows of the soul, which leads many people to work hard on this window. The most common methods are double eyelid surgery or double eyelid suturing. These two methods are common methods of double eyelid cosmetic surgery. Many people choose to get double eyelid suturing because they feel that it requires surgery. So is double eyelid suturing really better than surgery? What is the specific operation of double eyelid suturing? What kind of impact will double eyelid surgery have on our eyes?

Double eyelid suture is a procedure that uses 6-0 nylon thread to sew the dermis and tarsal plate or levator palpebrae superioris tendon together, creating a double eyelid through scar adhesion caused by the surgical trauma.

Double eyelid suture

The dermis and tarsal plate or levator palpebrae superioris tendon of the skin are sutured together with 6-0 nylon thread, and the scar adhesion formed by the surgical trauma is used to form double eyelids. This type of approach is suitable for patients with thin upper eyelid tissue, long palpebral fissures, and young age. Its advantages are simplicity, ease of operation, and quick recovery after surgery. Its disadvantages are that double eyelids are easy to disappear, and it is impossible to remove excess skin, orbicularis oculi muscle, and orbital fat. It is not suitable for patients with thick upper eyelid tissue or excessive orbital fat. and those with epicanthus.

Double eyelid classification

There are currently two ways to artificially create double eyelids:

The various popular terms for double eyelid surgery and double eyelid suturing actually all originate from these two principles, but the names are different in the packaging.

Recovery speed comparison:

After double eyelid surgery, you need to apply ice for three days, remove the stitches after the fourth day, and rest for about a week to allow the eyelid swelling to subside. It takes about a month to fully recover to normal.

Double eyelid surgery also requires ice compress for three days, but double eyelid surgery does not require stitches to be removed, and it takes about a week to fully recover to normal.

This is why double eyelid surgery is so popular.

Double eyelid surgery

Principle of surgery

Without cutting the wound, the adhesion at the double eyelid crease is created by direct suturing. The advantage is that the swelling goes down quickly and it is very easy to be natural.

Operation time: about 30 minutes

Anesthesia: Local anesthesia

When can I work: Today

When can you do vigorous exercise: 2 days later

When can it return to nature: 1 week later

Double eyelid surgery is not complicated, but it is not easy to do it perfectly. The success of the operation depends on the doctor's professional training and aesthetic qualities: an excellent doctor can "turn decay into magic", while a careless doctor will ruin a pair of eyes that could have become beautiful. Therefore, you must carefully choose a plastic surgery hospital and a plastic surgeon. In addition, you should communicate more with your doctor before the operation, and follow the doctor's instructions on ice, hot compress and massage after the operation to get the best results.

Repair method

(1) If the entire double eyelid line is not obvious, the surgery needs to be repeated.

(2) For those whose double eyelid line is not obvious, the intermittent suture method and suture pad ligation method only need to be repeated with intermittent suture or suture pad ligation on the unclear part. For those whose double eyelid line is not obvious after incision, the partial suture method and suture pad ligation method can also be used for repair.

(3) For those whose double eyelid lines are not obvious, it is also necessary to consider whether the selected surgical procedure is suitable for their eye conditions. Doctors at Shanghai Tianda Medical Cosmetology Hospital pointed out: Generally speaking, young people with thin eyelids and those with mild epicanthus can use the seven-point positioning double eyelid method to repair them. If the double eyelid line is not obvious after the buried suture method or suture pad ligation method, and the patient has puffy eyelids, severe epicanthus, or obvious upper eyelid skin sagging, the incision method should be used for repair. When using the incision method for repair, you should also pay attention to holding the tarsal plate or pretarsal fascia, trimming the epicanthus, and removing excess loose skin of the upper eyelid, so that the double eyelid line will be obvious.

Precautions

1. Pay attention to strengthening the exercise of eye muscles. Double eyelid surgery usually requires covering the incision for one day. The covering gauze should be removed on the second day after the operation, and eye-opening exercises should be performed as soon as possible. Only by continuously strengthening the exercise of opening your eyes wide can you promote blood circulation in the eye muscles and surrounding tissues, reduce and gradually eliminate swelling in the surgical area, and promote the early absorption of surgical blood stasis.

2. Prevent scar hyperplasia at the double eyelid incision site. Some people still use anti-wrinkle sunscreen products containing heavy metals such as mercury after double eyelid surgery. These cosmetics and skin care products containing heavy metals may aggravate the proliferation of scars caused by double eyelid surgery incisions. If you are a person with a scar-prone constitution, it will make the situation even worse. Therefore, the three to six months after double eyelid surgery is the proliferation period of surgical scars. During this period, you must not use cosmetics and skin care products containing heavy metals.

3. Pay attention to moisturizing and softening the eyelid tissue.

Preoperative preparation

1. Stop taking all medications, vitamins and other nutritional products to prevent affecting wound healing and increasing intraoperative bleeding;

2. Stop drinking alcohol within 24 hours before surgery, as drinking alcohol accelerates blood circulation and increases intraoperative bleeding;

3. Stop smoking for one week. Smoking reduces the concentration of oxygen in the blood and affects wound healing;

4. Wash your face and remove facial makeup before the operation.

Postoperative Care

Appropriate eye muscle exercise after double eyelid surgery. On the second day after the double eyelid surgery, you can remove the gauze covering the eyelids and do eye-opening exercises. Continuously increasing the exercise of opening your eyes wide can promote blood circulation in the tissues around the eyes, reduce swelling in the surgical area, and promote the absorption of blood stasis in the surgical area.

Moisturizing and softening of eye tissue. Some people still feel some tightness in the surgical area after they have recovered. At this time, you should use some skin care cosmetics produced by regular manufacturers under the guidance of a doctor that are moisturizing, softening tissues and do not contain heavy metals.

The three to six months after surgery is the proliferation period of surgical scars. During this stage, do not use anti-wrinkle sunscreen products containing heavy metals.