My Face Surgery

In the summer of 2000 I decided to have surgery on my face. I took a cruise with my daughter that spring and my pictures were horrible. The most noticeable was my eyes. My upper lids were very droopy. So, I made an appointment with a local plastic surgeon.

On the day of our consult he suggested that I get a brow lift (had lines across my forehead, something I inherited from my father), lower eye and a bump on my nose he wanted to shave down. Lucky me. I agreed to all that, so pictures were taken and a down payment was made.

When I got to the hospital they asked me if I wanted to spend the night for another $600+. I agreed to that too, boy I was easy. But it was the best decision I made all day. The surgery took maybe 4 hours. I don't remember too much of that night. My family came to see me. My nephew was just a baby, but my sister-in-law said I scarred him for life. Apparently, I was in bad shape, since I couldn't open my eyes but a smidgen because they were so swollen and I had bandages wrapped around my head. I do remember trying to make it to the bathroom during the night not only were my eyes swollen, my sight was also blurred. Could you imagine if I was 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).


Back to the PS or plastic surgeon I didn't realize I had to have my stitches pulled out by the corner of my eyes. Not as bad as the ones taken out of my chest, but still not a very pleasant feeling. I still have scars at 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.

Would I do it again? Right after surgery, I said I would never do it again. NO how NO way. Over time you forget the pain. My eyelids are starting to droop again, so if you wanted to know if it lasts forever. Nope. My lower eyes, brow and nose are still in good shape. Well my nose is a little crooked, but the PS thought it was fine. Ok, its fine till I smile! No wrinkles, except for where I had some Restylane (but again that's another story).

Did I answer that question? Hey, if you want to donate a $1.00 for my droopy eyelid surgery, it would be appriciated. Well, I guess I did :) Thanks for checking out my website.