Can I get double eyelid surgery if my eyelids are swollen? ...

Double eyelid surgery is very popular in recent years. It can make our eyes look bigger and brighter, so many girls who love beauty would rather endure the pain to get double eyelid surgery. But do you know if double eyelid surgery is possible for those with puffy eyelids? Let's find out together.

Whether you can choose to have double eyelid surgery depends on the situation. If you are born with puffy eyelids, you can have double eyelid surgery. But if it is acquired due to some physical illness, you should wait until the puffy eyelids are gone before having double eyelid surgery.

1. People with naturally puffy eyes can have double eyelid surgery. The so-called puffy eyes are commonly known as watery eyes and fleshy eyes. It is recommended that you go to a regular medical institution and have a face-to-face consultation with an experienced professional doctor before formulating a specific treatment plan.

2. It is necessary to analyze the causes of puffy eyes, including the thickness of the skin, the amount of subcutaneous tissue, the development of the orbicularis oculi muscle, and the amount of fat in the retroseptal space. These factors must be evaluated.

3. The most suitable method for creating double eyelids for puffy eyes is an incisional double eyelid surgery. This surgical method removes some excess skin, orbicularis oculi muscle and orbital fat at the marked position, fixes the pretarsal fascia to the pretarsal skin, and thus forms a double eyelid.

First, ensure good health before surgery

Before double eyelid surgery, you must make sure that you are healthy, have no infectious diseases or skin inflammation, etc. For patients with high blood pressure and diabetes, you need to tell the professional doctor in detail about your physical condition to see if you can undergo surgery. For patients taking aspirin, you need to stop taking the drug for two weeks before double eyelid surgery, otherwise the drug may reduce the platelet coagulation function and may cause bleeding.

Second, be careful not to wear makeup or drink water before the operation.

Do not wear makeup before double eyelid surgery, especially eye makeup. Also, do not eat greasy food before the surgery and do not drink water half an hour before the surgery.

Third, postoperative anti-inflammatory treatment

After double eyelid surgery, you need to take oral antibiotics for 5 to 7 days under the guidance of a professional doctor to achieve an anti-inflammatory effect. You should also note that you may experience pain and other discomfort on the same day, but it will be alleviated over time, so you can temporarily stop taking painkillers.

Fourth, light diet

After double eyelid surgery, you must eat a light diet, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, try to eat less or no spicy, irritating, and greasy food, and limit seafood, beef, mutton, fish, etc. Do not smoke or drink within one month.

Generally, you need to rest for a week after double eyelid surgery. The swelling will be the most severe 2-3 days after the surgery. You must rest your eyes two days before the surgery. The swelling will gradually go away after a week, but it will take 3 to 6 months to fully heal.