Double eyelid surgery during menstruation

Double eyelid surgery is a plastic surgery procedure that many beautiful girls like very much nowadays. This surgical treatment fills the embarrassment caused by congenital microforamina. It has also saved many female friends who wanted to have big eyes, but many people are relatively poor in common problems during the operation, resulting in many problems of one kind or another. Let’s take a look together below.

Can I have double eyelid surgery during menstruation?

Experts pointed out that under normal circumstances, the blood clots in the eyelid surgical wound should quickly produce coagulation function, but because the fibrinogen proactivator in the blood increases during women's menstrual period, the coagulation function is disrupted when it reaches the highest value. Therefore, coagulation function occurs during surgery, resulting in multiple bleeding situations, which makes bacteria multiply and invade virtually, leading to wound infection.

There is coagulation fibrinogen and hemolytic fibrinogen proactivator in the blood. Only when these two substances are balanced can human blood function normally. During the menstrual period, women will have regular uterine bleeding due to the significant increase of pro-activators in the blood and activators in the uterus.

In order to prevent bleeding and infection after double eyelid surgery, female friends should only have double eyelid surgery three days after the end of menstruation. In addition, women who regularly take emergency contraceptives should not have cosmetic surgery while taking them, because emergency contraceptives can also cause the increase of calcium precursor activators.

What should I pay attention to after double eyelid surgery?

1. Keep the wound clean to avoid infection

After having double eyelid surgery, patients must be careful not to let the wound get wet, this is very important. If the wound is contaminated by dirt, it is easy to cause infection and obvious scars. Therefore, when cleaning your face after the operation, be careful not to get the wound wet, and the medical dressing around the eyes can be removed 1-2 days after the operation. If there is scab or secretion on the wound, it can be wiped with sterile saline or medical alcohol.

2. Prevention and treatment of bleeding, hematoma or abscess from surgical wounds should be immediate.

If small blood vessels are damaged during the operation or the blood circulation work is not done completely during the operation, the eyes are exposed to external impact after the operation, excessive exercise or frequent changes in mood may cause wound bleeding, hematoma or abscess. In order to avoid the occurrence of these complications introduced above, pressure medical dressings or medical ice packs can be used for treatment. Suitable for local wounds, but the working pressure should not be too high to avoid damaging the eyes.