Since y’all are asking for it!
I think my eyelids have healed substantially over the past two weeks so I think it’s about time to post….THE DREADED PHOTOS!
Alright, well I didn’t take them on a daily basis, but I did take photos of my eyelids during the first four days following the surgery. Amazingly, the healing process is ridiculously fast, because after a week I looked normal enough to go out. There’s still some slight bruising around my left eye but it’s clearing up pretty fast! But, I can’t wear contacts for another 2 weeks and I can’t get water in my eyes whilst I shower. I’ve had to make do with not washing my forehead for the last 2 weeks and cleaning my eyelids with cotton buds soaked in hot water. Gentle eye care, they call it. HAHA.
Ok, well this was taken before the surgery. I had to wait about…2 hours? Before I got into the operating room. I think the patient before me took quiteeee a bit of time! Notice the single eyelids, eh?
And this is how I looked like AFTER the surgery. (By the way, I’ve only cropped out my eyes because I really do look horrendously strange in this picture)
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Brace yourselves!!!
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Click HERE to see my whole face!
Unfortunately I used my phone to take half of the photos, so it looks kinda blurry and crap. Basically they stuck on 4 tiny pieces of plasters to keep the stitches in place, and my eyelids look like they’re being beaten up from the inside! The first night was the worst night. Painful painful painful stuff. The clinic had fashioned cute icepacks out of peas and gave two to me, so my mum was running in and out of my room every hour, placing an icepack on my head and replacing the warm one in the fridge. Lovely stuff.
After the first night, I looked like this:
Once the first night was over, things got better and better. Unfortunately I had to use those pea-packs for about 4 days and then use hot/warm towers for the last three days. And so by the third day, I looked like this:
*runs away in horror*
The swelling definitely died down, but then these yellowish bruises started appearing all over my poor eyes! Plus my eyeballs started toe bruise! %@#$%#$%#^$ There’s actually still a bit of bruising around my left eye but it’s subsiding pretty quickly. As you can see, results weren’t forming yet…!! The eyelids felt…really really heavy for a good period of time, like I had little weights attached to them everytime I blunk. It sucked…LOTS.
Anyway, once the stitches were removed, the eyelids began to form. This was taken about a week after the surgery. See the bruising? Lovely isn’t it? Believe it or not, the bruising isn’t painful. It just looks like someone gave me two black eyes. Hardy har har.
See the scar? It’s supposed to disappear in about 3 months time. Hopefully the doctor was telling the truth…
This is a close-up of the scar. It looks scary but trust me, it ONLY hurts if I rub it accidentally. Which you are definitely not supposed to do because the skin is still delicate and fragile!
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BELIEVE IT OR NOT, this was taken a week and a day after the stitches were removed. SEE HOW NICE THEY LOOK?
FINALLY, this is how I look like now: for all you curious little buggers out there!!!!
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See the difference? EEEHEEEHEEEHEEEHEEEEEEEEE. =)
There’s still a little bruising, nonetheless it’s nothing that concealer can’t fix! I haven’t been able to wear contacts yet, although I til I will be able to in about 2 weeks’ time. Also they’re a tad uneven but the doctor says they will even out in time. I’ll have to see how that goes! Will update with more pictures, preferably a month after the surgery!
That’s all I have for now. Hope you’ve enjoyed my scathingly brief blogpost about my lurve-a-lee eyelids! =)
