What to do if your face is swollen after double eyelid surgery

Basically, your face will be swollen after double eyelid surgery. This is an unavoidable phenomenon, so you must insist on applying hot compresses to your eyes every day for a period of time before removing the stitches. The heat can promote vasodilation and thus reduce swelling and blood stasis. At the same time, you should move your eyes more to prevent blood circulation from being obstructed, which is also beneficial for recovery after the double eyelid stitches are removed. Finally, after having double eyelids, remember not to wear contact lenses. Contact lenses may cause congestion even when the eyes are normal, let alone after the operation, so do not wear them within one month.

Hot compress to reduce swelling

About 10 days after the double eyelid stitches are removed, you must insist on applying hot compresses every day. Because this is the period when swelling quickly subsides after double eyelid surgery. Hot compress for double eyelids mainly promotes blood circulation in the eyes through heat, and accelerates the absorption and metabolism of eye swelling and congestion. Because only hot compress can raise the body surface temperature, promote the relaxation and expansion of spasmodic capillaries, accelerate blood flow, and allow the original blood to flow back. Therefore, you must remember to continue applying hot compresses after removing the stitches from your double eyelid surgery.

Recommendation: Using a hot towel for hot compress is the best, because the towel can fit completely with the skin, allowing the entire eye to feel the temperature. But be sure to wring the towel dry, otherwise it will be very uncomfortable if it is wet.

Hyperactivity eye swelling

After getting double eyelids, you must not always lower your head or stare at the TV or mobile phone for too long. Because lowering your head can easily slow down blood circulation in the eyes, eye congestion reactions may occur during the recovery period after surgery. This is very detrimental to the recovery of swelling after double eyelid suture removal. Therefore, we must do more eye-opening exercises after removing the stitches after double eyelid surgery. 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 eliminate eye swelling, and promote early recovery from surgery.

Temporarily stop wearing contact lenses

Although it is expressly forbidden to not wear contact lenses before the stitches are removed after double eyelid surgery, it is still necessary to better reduce swelling and promote recovery of the double eyelids. It is also recommended not to wear it within one month after the stitches are removed from double eyelid surgery. Because the month after the double eyelid surgery is particularly sensitive, and contact lenses are foreign objects, if you wear contact lenses at this time, it will cause serious congestion of the double eyelid conjunctiva. For example: the eyes may tear up and have obvious red bloodshot, and in severe cases, blood stasis may be seen in the white of the eyes, causing blurred vision. Therefore, not wearing contact lenses within one month after the stitches are removed from double eyelid surgery can help reduce the swelling of the double eyelids better.

Note: Friends with myopia should insist on wearing frame glasses for one month.