Double Eyelid Surgery in Singapore Part 2

Received some comments from my previous post on Double Eyelid Surgery

So I'm back to continue part 2! 

Disclaimer: The surgery was paid fully by me and I am not endorsing plastic surgery nor the clinic/doctor that I did my surgery with.  Everything shared in this post are my own experience and opinion. 

Double Eyelid Surgery Part 2

My surgery was set on 26 March, 9am and I had to fast (no food or drinks, a few sips of water is fine) approx. 8 hours before surgery.

The waiting before the surgery was quite nerve-wrecking, but Dr Tay and the clinic assistants were very professional and set me at ease.  Prior to the surgery, the clinic assistant went through the meds that I will be taking post-surgery:

Was given an eye drop, antibiotic cream to apply, pain killers and anti-bruising tablets (which proved insufficient for me as you'll see shortly)

Dr Tay took some pre-surgery photos of my eyes before laying me down to draw the height, the entire drawing session took about 20 mins? As he was very attentive and sat me up a few times to check in the mirror to ensure that it will be a height I like. 

I wanted a 7mm height but after discussing with Dr Tay, we settled on 8mm instead.  

Dr Tay advised for the height to be slightly higher as the eventual crease will be half of its sewn height after the swelling goes down. 

After drawing, I was asked to lie down on the operation table and after the sedation tube was inserted into my vein, I was knocked out LOL.

Next thing I know, the surgery was done and I was led to another room and given an ice pack to ice my eyes while waiting for my dad to come fetch me. 

Would STRONGLY recommend someone to fetch you home after surgery as your eyes will be quite swollen and likely you will feel really groggy from the sedation. 

Without further ado, presenting the me after surgery:

The image above is my eyes from Day 1 - 4. On Day 1, I could barely open my eyes. 

The crease was also SUPER high during the early stages of recovery. 

I was icing my eyes 4 - 5 times a day during the first few days post-surgery.  And drinking a lot of pumpkin juice and eating pineapples. 

By Day 7, bruises were clearly forming on my eyelids, especially on my right eyelid.

The bruising was worse on the eyelid that didn't have double eyelids originally. 

 

Day 13 and the bruising is very obvious on my right eye.  I look like I got punched in the eye haha 

At this stage, I had changed icing to applying a warm pack on my eyes 3 - 4x a day. 

The bruising eventually faded by week 3, so it took approximately 3 weeks for my eyes to heal. 

Which is extraordinarily long haha (luckily for WFH!)

But I would like to highlight that my skin/body bruises really easily, so the healing process and how long it takes to heal really depends on individual.  

Dr Tay is a really responsible doc and I was going in for post-surgery consultation once a week before it became once every 3 weeks and then monthly post-surgery consultations. 

During my first post-surgery consultation on Day 7, Dr Tay taught me to do eye exercises by looking up and firming up the crease nicely. 

Day 30 post-surgery, taken during my 1-month consultation with Dr Tay. 

The bruises have all healed and the crease height has dropped a lot. 

Ending the post with a photo of my eyelids at close to 3 months post-surgery taken on 21 June!

Finally recovered and how my double eyelids look like with eyeliner and mascara. 

Love the height of the crease with light eye makeup on. 

Hope my experience helps to address any questions if anyone is researching on double eyelid surgery in Singapore.