[Eye Plastic Surgery] The Dark and Light Sides of Eye Plastic Surgery - About Scars from Double Eyelid Surgery

Hello.

Today, we’re going to take a look at

scars from double eyelid surgery.

Many people considering eye plastic surgery

are likely worried about scars.

Starting with the causes of scars,

we’ll talk about how to prevent them from forming.

Causes of double eyelid scars

April 31 Plastic Surgery - About Double Eyelid Scars

Reasons double eyelid scars form [Source: channel April 31]

Factors that determine scars include

the characteristics of the skin, the surgical area, the surgical method,

and post-surgery care.

A scar is fibrous tissue that forms

as a wound heals.

It is no exaggeration to say that how this fibrous tissue scar

ends up remaining depends on four things:

the patient’s skin type,

the surgical area,

the doctor’s technique,

and post-surgery care.

If you understand the process

by which wounds heal in our body,

you can get clues on how to handle these variables and

minimize scarring.

▼The process of wound healing▼

The process of wound healing [Source: channel April 31]

There is no such thing as a surgical scar being completely

'zero,' but if you pay attention to intentionally minimizing the wound

at the surgical stage as it goes through each step,

you can leave as little scarring as possible and,

even if a scar remains, perform the surgery

in a way that makes it as unnoticeable as possible on the eyes.

Ways to reduce scarring during surgery

April 31 Plastic Surgery - About Double Eyelid Scars

Ways to reduce scarring _ Minimize bleeding

The first is

to minimize bleeding.

From the anesthesia injection stage,

we are very careful when injecting so that bruising and bleeding

are minimized, and during surgery as well,

if bleeding occurs, we immediately stop it.

Stopping bleeding can minimize tissue damage

around blood vessels,

which helps reduce scarring.

Ways to reduce scarring _ The importance of the surgeon’s left hand

The second is

the plastic surgeon’s left hand.

During surgery, the left hand is mainly used to hold assistive instruments.

If the tissue, including the eyelid skin,

is held down with excessive force

or pinched more often than necessary and damaged,

unnecessary scar tissue can form in that area as well.

This can happen easily, especially during the suturing process,

so we always remain careful while performing surgery.

Ways to reduce scarring _ The patient’s role

The third is

the patient’s role, not the doctor’s.

After surgery, in most cases, the stitches are removed before a week has passed.

Because sutures can also become scars if left in for too long,

you can think of them as being removed at an early stage,

before the wound opens up.

After the stitches are removed, if you scratch or rub the surgical area

because it feels itchy,

this can affect the proliferative phase and remodeling stage of the scar formation process,

causing the scar to become thicker

or wider.

In addition, depending on which surgical method is chosen,

differences in scarring can occur.

Possible scar shapes and types

April 31 Plastic Surgery - About Double Eyelid Scars

Scar shapes and types

The double eyelid area has thinner skin than other parts of the face

and is not an area where much pulling force acts on the skin,

so it is an area where scars do not tend to remain easily.

However, due to excessive skin removal

or fat removal,

the skin may be pulled, exposing scars

or causing depressed scars.

In addition, the line may appear kinked,

and although strictly speaking this is not a scar,

from the patient’s perspective this can also be perceived as a scar.

In revision surgery,

there are cases where the surgeon preserves skin that may be 부족해질 수 있는 피부를

without cutting it away and performs the surgery.

In such cases, because the old scar line in a higher position

has to be left in place, there are cases where two scar lines

are inevitably left behind.

Revision surgery to remove double eyelid scars

April 31 Plastic Surgery - About Double Eyelid Scars

Many people who have a lot of scarring from previous eye plastic surgery

want to remove those scars.

At the consultation stage,

depending on the amount of extra eyelid skin available

or the shape and direction of the scars left from previous surgery,

it may be possible to remove everything at once,

or it may be possible to gradually reduce them through step-by-step surgery

as the condition of the skin changes, or sometimes only part of the scar can be removed

due to concerns about changes in the eye shape.

It is only natural that careful surgery to minimize scarring

requires a little more time and close attention.

At April 31 Plastic Surgery,

the medical staff and all the team members involved in treatment

are doing their best from the patient’s perspective,

so if you are worried about scars,

it may be a good idea to get a detailed diagnosis.