Things to note after double eyelid surgery

Nowadays, many girls want to have double eyelids through surgery, and such surgery can be performed in many beauty salons. There are currently three methods for double eyelid surgery. The more popular ones are suture extraction and full incision. When doing a full-cut double eyelid surgery, an incision is made on the eyelid. Although this method is relatively traumatic, the effect after recovery is very good.

Pay attention to ice

After double eyelid surgery, you need to apply ice compress immediately and continue for three days. 2-3 times a day, 15-20 minutes each time. Because the anesthetic will slowly wake up after the double eyelid surgery, and the skin and soft tissue are traumatized during the operation, causing bleeding spots under the skin. Ice compress can play a role in compressing and stopping bleeding, and use the freezing principle to quickly cool the skin. It can not only reduce the pain after the anesthesia, but also shrink the capillaries under the eyes, inhibit the occurrence of spot bleeding, and reduce the hematoma and swelling of the double eyelids.

Be careful when applying ice

When applying ice after full eyelid surgery, we must pay attention that the ice bag should be covered with a plastic bag and a piece of gauze. This is to prevent the water from flowing down after the ice bag melts and dripping onto the wound of the eye, causing infection of the wound.

Pay attention to hot compress

On the fourth day after double eyelid surgery, we can start hot compress. Because at this time, the subcutaneous bleeding points have been tightened and healed, so hot compress can speed up local blood circulation and promote the congestion and swelling of the eyes to gradually reduce and subside. It is recommended to stop the hot compress until half a month after the operation, because this period is the period of rapid swelling reduction after double eyelid surgery. You can apply hot compress 2-3 times a day, each time for 15-20 minutes.

Pay attention to hot compress after surgery

It is recommended to use a towel when applying hot compress, because the towel fits the skin very well and can evenly heat all parts of the eye area. What you need to pay attention to is that before removing the stitches, you should put a hot towel in a plastic bag and make sure the water in the hot towel is wrung out. Prevent water from dripping onto the eye wound and causing infection.

Painkillers are prohibited

The anesthetic will start to wear off about 20 minutes after the double eyelid surgery, but we must not take painkillers immediately when we feel a little pain, for fear that we will not be able to bear it later. Although full eyelid surgery is the most traumatic and painful of all double eyelid surgeries, according to clinical surveys, 98% of people can tolerate the pain. In addition, taking painkillers has the effect of activating blood circulation. I have just finished surgery and there are bleeding spots under the skin. After taking painkillers, it is easy to cause obvious redness and swelling of the eyes, bruises and swelling.

Pay attention to changing the medicine

At the end of the double eyelid surgery, the doctor will cover the upper eyelid with a gauze strip and apply pressure to the eye to stop the bleeding. However, you can go to the hospital to remove the gauze from your eyes the day after the operation. Remember, do not remove it by yourself, because the blood from the incision and the gauze may stick together, and forcibly tearing them apart will tear the eye wound. Generally speaking, dressings should be changed on the first, third, and fifth days after surgery. Dressing change is not just a formality, because after surgery, the wound is not completely closed, or exudate flows out from time to time, and scabs form on the wound. Only when we clean the exudate from the wound can we ensure that the wound is dry and clean and prevent wound infection.