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Lower bleph - looks worse than before and now have constant twitching and dark circle - advice please?

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  • Kay80
  • Created: August 26, 2013

Hi, I'm new to this site. I'm 33 and had upper and lower bleph 4 weeks ago (transconjunctival) due to hereditary heavy hooding of the upper eyelids and fat bulges combined with small tear troughs creating noticeable eye bags underneath making me look constantly tired. At my consultation my oculoplastic surgeon said he would reposition the fat and it would make where the cheek and under eye area meet be smooth and flat. I know it's still early days at 4 weeks and I'm guessing there is swelling still remaining (i've read it can take up to 3-6 months and occasionally a year to see final results) but the fat looks to have been repositioned too high especially under my left eye, in fact it doesn't look much different to before - the tear trough is still there and so is the bag. I saw my surgeon on Wednesday who said he couldn't see the problem and was quite dismissive. He said it was 80% healed which I would've thought it would at least be starting to look better than before rather than the same if not worse. The right eye has now got a dark circle under it which I never suffered from before and there's a bit of a tear trough remaining. Since seeing him this week, my under eye bags have gotten a lot more puffy and I now have an almost constant twitch at the bottom of the left eyebag which is quite noticeable. I have emailed my consultant about this with photos but waiting for a reply. I was just wondering if anyone else has had these problems and whether they improved (and any tips on anything I can do to help the situation - I'm already using arnica on the dark circle, sleeping with my head elevated, on a low salt diet and don't drink caffeine) or whether revision surgery was required (something I can't afford). I'm just feeling really unhappy and more self conscious than I did before the surgery and feeling completely lost. At my initial consultation I felt totally confident with the surgeon but with all this I'm losing confidence in him - am I justified in this? Sorry for the long rambling post, just not sure what to do and no one I know understands. :(

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