Eye Surgery Precautions | MINE Plastic Surgery

Precautions for after Eye Surgery (double eyelid surgery)

For the first week after surgery, avoid bending your neck while sleeping. Keeping your upper body elevated so that your head stays higher than your heart will help reduce swelling more quickly.
It’s best to sleep on your back with your face pointing toward the ceiling. Starting one week after surgery, you may sleep on your side.

For the first 2–3 days after surgery, swelling and bruising will gradually worsen, then subside over the following 2–4 weeks. This varies from person to person.
Apply cold compresses through the third day after surgery (including the day of surgery), and switch to warm compresses after that. (Please use the compress pack we provided. For warm compresses, you can use a heated sleep eye mask or microwave the provided compress pack for about 15 seconds.)

Crying or rubbing your eyelids hard is not good for recovery.
Straining your eyes may cause bleeding, so please be careful.
The timing for suture removal varies depending on the surgical method, but stitches are usually removed within 5 days after surgery. (For epicanthoplasty/canthoplasty “trim” procedures, stitches are removed after 7 days.)
If you have an incision site, we will prescribe an eye ointment. Gently apply the prescribed ointment to the incision site 2–3 times a day using a clean cotton swab. Do not apply too much—just enough to keep the suture area from drying out. (Applying it in the morning and evening is sufficient.)

Until the stitches are removed, please wipe areas other than the surgical site with a damp towel.
You may wash your face on the day of suture removal, but if possible, please wait until the next day.
When washing your face, do not rub the eye area hard—be gentle.
It’s best to wait until 2 weeks after surgery to apply eye makeup, and be careful not to strain your eyes when removing it.
Eyelash extensions and semi-permanent eyeliner tattoos should be done no earlier than 1 month after surgery. (If you had a “trim” procedure, wait until 3 months after surgery.)
Contact lenses may be worn 2 weeks after surgery.
Avoid saunas for one month after surgery (risk of infection).
When visiting a hair salon, have your hair shampooed while avoiding the surgical site.
When washing your hair at home, place a towel over your face (eye area) and tilt your neck back to keep water away from your eyes. You may shampoo normally after the stitches are removed.
You may shower starting the day of surgery, avoiding the eye area.

Normal daily activities are generally possible right after surgery. Light exercise can be resumed 2–3 weeks after surgery, and strenuous exercise after 1 month.

Take the medication prescribed at discharge 30 minutes after your first meal following surgery, and please take it regularly at the designated times. If you experience symptoms such as diarrhea or an allergic reaction after taking the medication, please contact the clinic.
For the first week after surgery only, please do not take aspirin or vitamin E, as they can cause bleeding.

Alcohol and smoking adversely affect bleeding, wound healing, and infection, so please abstain for one month after surgery.

In the case of (epicanthoplasty/canthoplasty) procedures, chemosis—swelling of the white of the eye (conjunctiva)—may occur. There is no effect on your vision.
Bruising, eye redness, and chemosis may persist for 2–3 weeks.
The final shape after surgery stabilizes after about 6 months.
After surgery, your eyes may feel sensitive to light or dry, causing tearing; this improves over time.
Sensation around the eyes may feel dull, but this gradually recovers over several months.