The weeks and months following blepharoplasty are clearly a stressful time for most cosmetic eyelid surgery patients. More than a few are inadequately prepared to cope with both the physical and emotional challenges of the immediate postoperative period and the seemingly endless uncertainties during the months spent waiting for final results to emerge.
Unfortunately, some surgeons are less communicative and supportive than others during this time, forcing their worried patients to scour social networking sites in search of tidbits of information, misinformation, expressions of consolation, and less-than-expert short answers to complex questions.
The following is a directory of resources on our site designed to help realistically educate those who have undergone or are about to undergo cosmetic blepharoplasty on both the biological process of healing after eyelid surgery and on how to evaluate and respond to common and not-so-common concerns and actual problems.
