My daughter and I went on a cruise in the spring of 2000. My pictures from the trip were horrible, so I decided to have surgery done on my face. My eyes were the most noticeable. They were very droopy. I called a local plastic surgeon and made an appointment.
The plastic surgeon made various recommendations during our appointment. He wanted me to have a brow lift for the deep lines across my forehead, shave off a bump on my nose and correct my puffy lower lids along with my droopy upper lids. Whew! We took the before pictures and I made the down payment.
The day I went to the hospital the nurse asked me if I would like to stay for the night. Due to the multiple surgeries she thought it was a good idea and I agreed, so I paid the extra 600.00. I was so glad I did because the surgery took longer than I expected. The night was hazy except I remember my family visiting. My sister-in-law was in shock when she saw me and said I scarred my nephew for life. I think I scarred her for life, he was just 3 months old.
I must of looked pretty bad. My eyes were swollen shut and my nose and forehead were bandaged. The nurse had to help me around 4am to go to the bathroom, because they put an ointment on my eyelids and it blurred my vision. There was no way I could of taken care of myself if I had gone home.
The next day I did go home and went straight to bed. My daughter had to feed me for two days and bring me ice every hour. With the antibiotic ointment they gave me along with ice my bruising was minimal. By the 5th day I was much better and I wanted to shower reallllly bad. But I couldn't until my stitches came out and that was on the 10th day. Good thing I learned how to take a sponge bath with my breast reduction. (see my breast reduction post).
Finally the 10th day came and I went back to the surgeon to have my stitches removed. I wish they would of told me prior to my surgery that they would have to pull the stitches out of the corners of my eyes. The pain wasn't as bad as when they pulled the stitches out of my chest for my breast reduction, but it still hurt. The scars are still visible in the corner of my eyes.
The BIG thing they did not tell me prior to my surgery was that I would have a surgical scar from ear to ear and that they pulled my face away and my scalp (don't know why). To this day, a little over 8 years, I still am numb on the top of my head. Guess you could literally call me a numbskull. Also with this scar are the remnants of the knots from the stitches that I think I will have for life. These knots can hurt from time to time and I've lost some hair around the scar site.
On my follow-up appointment with my surgeon, he wanted to know if I was glad I had the surgeries. The pain was still to fresh for me to say yes, but he assured me I would be happy for years. 8 years later I have droopy eyelids again, but the other procedures are still good..no wrinkles. Recently I had Restylane around my mouth, but thats entirely another story. - 15683
The plastic surgeon made various recommendations during our appointment. He wanted me to have a brow lift for the deep lines across my forehead, shave off a bump on my nose and correct my puffy lower lids along with my droopy upper lids. Whew! We took the before pictures and I made the down payment.
The day I went to the hospital the nurse asked me if I would like to stay for the night. Due to the multiple surgeries she thought it was a good idea and I agreed, so I paid the extra 600.00. I was so glad I did because the surgery took longer than I expected. The night was hazy except I remember my family visiting. My sister-in-law was in shock when she saw me and said I scarred my nephew for life. I think I scarred her for life, he was just 3 months old.
I must of looked pretty bad. My eyes were swollen shut and my nose and forehead were bandaged. The nurse had to help me around 4am to go to the bathroom, because they put an ointment on my eyelids and it blurred my vision. There was no way I could of taken care of myself if I had gone home.
The next day I did go home and went straight to bed. My daughter had to feed me for two days and bring me ice every hour. With the antibiotic ointment they gave me along with ice my bruising was minimal. By the 5th day I was much better and I wanted to shower reallllly bad. But I couldn't until my stitches came out and that was on the 10th day. Good thing I learned how to take a sponge bath with my breast reduction. (see my breast reduction post).
Finally the 10th day came and I went back to the surgeon to have my stitches removed. I wish they would of told me prior to my surgery that they would have to pull the stitches out of the corners of my eyes. The pain wasn't as bad as when they pulled the stitches out of my chest for my breast reduction, but it still hurt. The scars are still visible in the corner of my eyes.
The BIG thing they did not tell me prior to my surgery was that I would have a surgical scar from ear to ear and that they pulled my face away and my scalp (don't know why). To this day, a little over 8 years, I still am numb on the top of my head. Guess you could literally call me a numbskull. Also with this scar are the remnants of the knots from the stitches that I think I will have for life. These knots can hurt from time to time and I've lost some hair around the scar site.
On my follow-up appointment with my surgeon, he wanted to know if I was glad I had the surgeries. The pain was still to fresh for me to say yes, but he assured me I would be happy for years. 8 years later I have droopy eyelids again, but the other procedures are still good..no wrinkles. Recently I had Restylane around my mouth, but thats entirely another story. - 15683
About the Author:
Kitty R. Kat has had plastic surgery procedures over the last 18 years. During her face surgery she had a brow lift, a nose job and her upper and lower eyelids done. She has information regarding plastic surgery procedures or non-surgical alternatives. Also 2009 latest plastic surgery predictions.
