[Rari Plastic Surgery] Lateral Canthoplasty, short-term progress when there is no conjunctival edema (2 weeks before and after surgery)

Does lateral canthoplasty always cause conjunctival edema?

Lateral canthoplasty side effect = conjunctival edema?

Severe conjunctival edema after lateral canthoplasty

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and so on, there are many stories about lateral canthoplasty and conjunctival edema.

In fact, lateral canthoplasty and conjunctival edema are

in a sense an unavoidable relationship.

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Just as the skin gets bruised and swollen when it is irritated,

conjunctival edema is what happens when the conjunctiva is irritated.

As swelling and bruising differ from patient to patient,

conjunctival edema also appears differently from person to person. For some, it happens in both eyes, for others only in one eye, and for some it is so severe it looks like the eyeball is about to burst. And for others, like the patient above, there is almost no conjunctival edema..

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In fact, there are almost no cases where swelling does not occur. However, it usually subsides a lot by the time stitches are removed at around 2 weeks.

This period is not absolute,

and sometimes severe swelling suddenly disappears within a short time, while in other cases swelling that did not seem very severe lasts longer than expected, for more than a month. What is certain is that conjunctival edema is not a side effect of lateral canthoplasty,

and that even without any special treatment,

it naturally disappears over time like bruising and swelling.

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This photo shows the before-and-after results of a patient 2 weeks after lateral canthoplasty with almost no swelling,

and since it was the day the stitches were removed, the outer corner of the eye looks a little red,

and the opened area looks slightly torn,

but as time passes, the redness of the skin fades,

and the outer corner that looks overly torn gradually heals,

and changes naturally.

There are many possible post-surgery progress patterns,

and it cannot be divided in a black-and-white way into what is good and what is wrong.

If you follow the hospital's guidance according to your condition and continue with regular checkups,

you will be able to achieve good results.

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