During the summer vacation just past, there was a significant increase in the number of surgeries performed at major hospitals for plastic surgery and cosmetic surgery, especially for double eyelid surgery. And the most inquiries in the doctor’s clinic are about the recovery after double eyelid surgery. Yu Wenlin, Deputy Chief Physician of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department of Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Region, pointed out that some anxious people start to worry about problems such as swelling, bruising, marks, asymmetry, etc. soon after removing the stitches, or even before removing the stitches, and some of them even make themselves sleep uneasily due to the recovery period. Understanding the characteristics of the double eyelid recovery period and countermeasures can make you relax and not obsessed and favorable recovery. There are three different types of double eyelid surgery, each with a different incision, and thus different recovery times. 1, incision double eyelid: swelling is obvious within 1 week of surgery, and gradually subsides in about 2 weeks, swelling usually disappears in 3 months. 2.Small incision double eyelids: 2-4 weeks to recover. 3.Embedded double eyelids: remove the stitches in about 5 days and recover in about 10 days. 4, eye opening: about 10 days can reduce swelling, but there are traces within 2 months, 3 months to half a year basically can not be seen, the longer the recovery is more natural. Yu Wenlin said, eye-opening candidates must be patient, eye-opening traces with the physical, postoperative diet is very relevant, some people one month after surgery incision marks are still very obvious. Second, the recovery period may experience the “four big kinks” Double eyelid surgery recovery period will also be slightly different due to individual differences, it is impossible for everyone to be exactly the same. Yu Wenlin said that beauty seekers do not need to compare themselves with others. If they see others recovering quickly and well, while they have various symptoms, this often only adds to their worries and affects their mood. Wait until after the recovery period, most of these tangled problems will be slowly resolved. 1, eyelid tight The eyelid will become tighter in the early postoperative period, there is a sense of pulling, which is the process of double eyelid line formation, will slowly become more and more natural. The incision marks are basically invisible after three months, and when you close your eyes, the whole upper eyelid is flat and spreading, with no grooves or strips of flesh. 2, eye swelling After double eyelid surgery, some people’s eyes are swollen, and some people are not obvious. Generally speaking, most of them are swollen on the second and third day after surgery, and some of them are even so swollen that they can’t open their eyes, which may only reveal a slit. At the same time, due to the swelling, the tear ducts are affected, and some people also experience tearing. Usually the swelling starts to go down on the fourth day, and by the time the stitches are removed on the sixth day, the swelling is basically half gone. So after one week to ten days, you will not feel exaggerated when you go out on the street, and the smooth curvature of your eyelids will look better and full of beauty. But the rest of the swelling to eliminate to fully restore natural often need a longer period of time, generally one to two months, very few to half a year to stabilize. 3, bilateral asymmetry Some people may have bilateral asymmetry after surgery, caused by many factors, such as surgical design, incision and suture, but this cause of asymmetry due to less, because the operation of the drawing line, incision and suture are synchronized with repeated comparison of both sides. The most common asymmetry in the short term after surgery is mostly due to different levels of swelling, such as heavy swelling on one side and light swelling on the other, or hematoma on one side. This asymmetry will continue for some time during the postoperative swelling process, and is usually consistent for more than a month. 4, the inner corner of the eye scars need to point out that many people now more and more like parallel double eyelids, for the inner canthus heavy parallel double eyelids must be done at the same time to do the inner canthus correction, otherwise the inner corner of the eye canthus pull in the double eyelid groove, does not look good. However, about 10% of people will have one or two months of hyperplasia after doing eye opening, which affects them very much. If the hyperplasia is obvious, they should use external scar cream or even take some scar softening injections, which can soften the scar in advance.