Some doctors like to advise their patients to ice their lower eye bags after they are done, and I am one of them. But there are still questions of one kind or another after the advice. For example, yesterday, a patient who just had under-eye bags called me to ask: I use frozen cans of Coke to ice the bags, how should I do it? I was really puzzled by this question. Because using canned Coke is a very difficult technical task in my opinion. I remembered that many patients had to ice their eyelids after surgery before they remembered to ask, “Do I remove the gauze from my eyelids and put it directly on the flesh or does it work better with the gauze on? Many people also ask, “If the ice pack hurts my eyes from the pressure, should I take it off or not? Originally I thought it was very simple and did not need to explain things, but I did not expect people who have not studied medicine to understand so difficult. It seems that our work is not meticulous enough, there are still many details that need to be communicated between us and the patient. There are two purposes of ice packs after eye bagging, one is to compress and one is to cool down. Both of them are to reduce the blood leakage from the area and to reduce the swelling of the eyelid. Some doctors recommend 24 hours and some recommend 48 hours, the length of time is not essentially different in my opinion. It’s just that I personally still recommend 24 hours. I really want to congratulate a small amount of people who read this article before they have done eye bags, lol. Because you will definitely do a lot better than those who are not prepared for anything after reading this article! You’ll recover faster and with less pain and anxiety if you take good care of yourself after surgery, so why not? So, how does it work? First, before you go to the hospital for surgery, buy two bags of milk, the kind that comes in plastic wrapped 200ml-225ml capacity bags (or drinks. (Of course, if you can get a smaller dose of, say, 100ml bags of medical saline would be even better). Buy it and freeze it in the freezer, and then use it when you get home from surgery. When you get home from surgery, the lower eyelid is usually wrapped in gauze, so don’t move the gauze. Take out the ice pack that is already frozen. Wrap the ice pack in a dry towel and place the dry towel-wrapped ice pack on top of your lower eyelid through the gauze while you lie down. Put one on each side (now you understand why you need two bags?). If you have a way to make the middle of a large ice bag into a concave, so that the nose does not get in the way, I can only admire you great). Put the position to be comfortable prevail. But keep the ice pack touching as much of your surgery as possible. (So I think it takes too much skill to use canned coke, I really don’t know how to put it comfortably, lol) There are no hard and fast rules about the time and frequency of placement. You really don’t need to look at the table for 15-20 minutes at a time (those suggestions on the internet about time and frequency, if you really follow them strictly, can drive people who are afraid of trouble crazy in a day or two, so don’t even bother with it.) You put it on the lower eyelid, uncomfortable to take it down to rest for a while, after a while you do not feel uncomfortable to put it back up. If the towel gets wet, change the towel (so try to wrap it in a dry towel, because the ice pack will have condensation on the outside, and the dry towel is there to absorb the water to avoid getting the gauze wet). Although all doctors recommend icing until 24 hours (or 48 hours) after the procedure, don’t apply pressure when you sleep. Even if you can guarantee not to roll over and keep your hands off, with that heavy ice pack pressed against your eyes, there is no guarantee you won’t have nightmares. The final result of the eye bag surgery is usually determined by the operation of the surgeon during the surgery. After the surgery, your own care, just make sure you relax and comfortable enough, do not have to be too deliberate. Although I never agree that cosmetic surgery is pleasure and enjoyment, I think it’s better to be comfortable.