How to reduce swelling after double eyelid surgery

Double eyelid surgery is a very common beauty treatment for many women, which is related to the fact that everyone likes big eyes. Double eyelids are usually created through cosmetic surgery, but there will be swelling afterwards, which is something that many women are troubled by. How can we reduce the swelling after double eyelids? It is understood that swollen eyelids after surgery are normal and will be relieved after a period of care.

Everyone's physical condition is different, and recovery after surgery is also different. The time it takes to reduce swelling after surgery is different for different double eyelid cosmetic surgeries, but if you want to eliminate the swelling faster, you need to do a good job of postoperative care, because how long it takes to reduce swelling after double eyelid surgery is directly related to postoperative care.

There are several ways to quickly reduce swelling after double eyelid surgery:

1. Pay attention to your posture after the operation. For example, if you lower your head to read a book or lie on your stomach, it will easily aggravate the swelling, which is naturally not conducive to faster swelling reduction. Therefore, it is best to tilt your head back and sit in a comfortable chair to rest. When sleeping, you need to put the pillow higher than your head, which will also help to reduce swelling as soon as possible.

2. By applying cold compress, you can cool the wound and cause the blood vessels in the eyelids to contract, thereby better preventing capillary bleeding and quickly eliminating postoperative bruising or swelling. After double eyelid surgery, cold compresses only need to be applied for about 2 to 3 days, and then hot compresses can be applied. Hot compress can promote blood circulation and help reduce swelling.

3. Clean your eye circles carefully before going to bed.

4. Using several pillows and sleeping high will naturally reduce swelling.

5. You can use refrigerated cucumber which has slight skin tightening properties, cut it into slices and apply it on your eyelids and leave it for ten minutes.

6. Applying thinly sliced ​​potatoes or mashed potatoes to your eyes for 15 minutes is also an effective way to reduce swelling.

Some tips, very useful:

1. You can use a refrigerated cucumber with a slight skin tightening property, slice it and apply it on your eyelids and let it rest for ten minutes.

2 Thinly sliced ​​potatoes or mashed potatoes and apply them to the eyes for 15 minutes is also an effective way to reduce swelling.

3. Using several pillows and sleeping high will naturally reduce swelling.

4 Clean the eye circles carefully before going to bed. In addition, you need to pay attention to post-operative care. The stitches will be removed 5-7 days after buried suture double eyelid surgery. Sometimes there will be very small thread ends left in the wound after the stitches are removed. As time goes by, the thread ends will slowly push out or be absorbed by themselves.