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Following cosmetic eyelid surgery, the eyes themselves may feel dry or irritated for any number of reasons. Symptoms such as itching, burning, grittiness, stickiness, or even excessive watering are not at all uncommon to some degree during the first few days and weeks (and rarely months) after blepharoplasty. While annoying, such mild irritation is not unexpected and is usually nothing more than part of the normal inconveniences of healing.
Much of such irritation is caused by swelling from the trauma of surgery and by temporary weakened or incomplete closure of the eyelids.
Since the orbicularis muscles (the eyelid's closing muscle) is cut through and may sometimes be trimmed as a routine part of upper and/or lower eyelid blepharoplasty, it takes a while (up to several months) for the muscle to recover its full strength.
Until then, blinking is often not as crisp and forceful as it was before surgery, which causes less efficient spreading of the eye's natural tears over the eye surface. Evaporation may be increased, resulting in symptoms related to this relative dryness. In patients who suffered from dry eyes even before surgery, symptoms will be more intense.
Likewise, patients may find themselves more sensitive to adverse environmental conditions (wind, dust, dry air, cold air) in the first weeks and months after surgery . . .
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Insider's Guide to Blepharoplasty Advanced online book |
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Upper Eyelid Surgery Cosmetic blepharoplasty for the upper eyelids |
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Lower Eyelid Surgery Cosmetic blepharoplasty for the lower eyelids |
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Eyelid Fat Grafting Solutions for upper and lower eyelid hollowness |
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Atlas of Eyelid Anatomy Pictures and diagrams of lid and facial anatomy |
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Revision Blepharoplasty Unsatisfactory results after cosmetic eye surgery |
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