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Eyebags!!! Anyone had a blepharoplasty??

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froot · 30/10/2005 18:30

Just interested to see ....am booked in to have it done next year and need some 'top tips' to spped up healing/reduce bruising and swelling!

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spidermama · 30/10/2005 18:35

What is blepharoplasty froot?

expatinscotland · 30/10/2005 18:36

It's a brow lift, spider.

I'd LOVE to have one!

mrspink27 · 30/10/2005 18:37

take arnica tablets before and after... lots of other good homeopathic rememdies, really helped after having a cs, all mws very surprised at how quick i healed.

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froot · 30/10/2005 18:42

No its not a brow lift sorry expat its an eyebag removal. They cut an incision just below the lashline and suck out the fat (bleurgh) and trim the loose skin.

I am also having a tiny bit taken away from the top lids....don't really need that now but as I will be on the slab anyway, so to speak, thought I may as well go the whole hog! Also my top lids are a bit droopy already and think it will be more noticeable once the bags have gone. I don't want to have to go back in a few years time - this is a one - off for me!!

I have always had bags (am 37 now) in fact when I was at uni I was fondly called the bag lady!! Even on toddler photos I had bags!! But they have got MILES worse since I had the kids.

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froot · 30/10/2005 18:43

Yes Mrs pink I have stocked up on arnica already as the surgeon recommended it.

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expatinscotland · 30/10/2005 18:54

Oh. A 'blephar' is an eyelid, and 'plasty' is a repair. So I thought it was a lift for the eyelid, more commonly known as a brow lift, where the surgeon trims down the eyelid and this oepn the eye a bit more.

expatinscotland · 30/10/2005 18:55

Have you tried that stuff for decreasing bags? Think it's called 'Stri-Vectin'? It's expensive, but it may help.

expatinscotland · 30/10/2005 18:55

Have you tried that stuff for decreasing bags? Think it's called 'Stri-Vectin'? It's expensive, but it may help.

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froot · 30/10/2005 18:57

Sadly I am beyond anything but a scalpel.............!

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ladybird4 · 26/02/2012 08:59

I'm seriously considering having my upper eye-lids removed this year. Can anyone recommend a good surgeon in London?

topsi · 26/02/2012 17:36

A brow lift lifts the eye brows and forehead a 'bleph' is eye lid surgery to remove eye bags or lift a heavy eye lid from the top.

afrocurls1 · 29/03/2019 22:31

Hiya..
I wonder if you could feedback about the surgery and results.
Kind regards
Paula

princessTiasmum · 01/04/2019 20:42

The stitches will come out after a week, but you might look as if you have been in a car crash for a while, but you can wear makeup once the stitches are out and concealer will help,
Not painful at all, and will lift you confidence so much

afrocurls1 · 01/04/2019 21:17

Hiya Tiasmum
Can you recommend a clinic/ surgeon where you got the works done on your eyes?

princessTiasmum · 01/04/2019 22:42

It was a very long time ago, and not sure if its even there now, but there is a good one in York who isnt too expensive, will send you the no

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