Precautions After Eye Surgery
Postoperative Care Schedule
Your treatment schedule may change depending on your recovery and progress.
- Day of Surgery
- Day 1 After Surgery
- Day 7 After Surgery: Stitch removal (if applicable)
Postoperative Precautions
On the day of surgery, take enough rest, and from the next day, take a light walk or exercise to help reduce swelling. *Strength training is possible from the 4th week
Elevating the surgical site above the heart helps to reduce swelling.
*Sleep with a high pillow at home
If you often apply cold compresses for 2 to 3 days immediately after surgery,
the swelling will go down. A warm compress will help reduce bruising. Before steaming, apply gauze and a handkerchief *Be careful of frostbite and burns due to sensory deterioration
Do not press on the incision site or allow blood to flow. Leaning or straining your head can cause blood to pool, causing swelling, bruising, and bleeding.
It is recommended to abstain from drinking or smoking for 4 weeks after surgery because they can cause inflammation.
There is a risk of bacterial infection when wearing contact lenses, so please start wearing them 2 weeks after surgery.
Swimming, sauna use, and Korean dry sauna use can be possible from 3 weeks after surgery.
Eye makeup can be worn 1 month after surgery.
Postoperative Care Kit
Prepared to support your recovery and help you achieve a satisfactory surgical result.
Kit contents: Compress packs, pumpkin juice, a sheet mask, cotton swabs, and gauze.
2 Hot packs / Gauze
- When to Use: For 7 days, beginning on the day of surgery
- How to Use: Apply cold compresses frequently during the first 2–3 days after surgery to help reduce swelling. After that, use warm compresses to help reduce bruising. Place gauze or a handkerchief between your skin and the compress. Be careful of frostbite and burns due to sensory deterioration
- Benefit: Helps reduce swelling
3 Packs of pumpkin juice
- When to Use: For 3 days, beginning on the day of surgery.
- How to Use: Drink one pouch daily, before or after meals.
- Benefit: Helps reduce swelling.
A sheet mask
- When to Use: Starting 2 weeks after surgery.
- How to Use: After washing your face, apply toner to prepare your skin. Fit the mask closely over your entire face and remove it after 15–20 minutes.
- Benefit: Helps soothe and hydrate the skin.
Postoperative Q&A
We have prepared for your recovery and satisfactory surgical results.
Q. When can I wash my face, shower, and shampoo my hair?
A. You may do so starting the day after surgery. If you have stitches at the surgical site, wash your face gently using only water for the first week. After washing or showering, dry the wound area thoroughly so that it does not remain damp.
Q. The incision around my eye is bleeding. What should I do?
A. Bleeding may occur at the surgical site for the first 1–2 days. Do not rub the bleeding area. Gently wipe away only the blood that runs out.
Q. When can I get an eyelash perm or eyelash extensions after surgery?
A. You may do so starting one month after surgery.
Q. Can I use scar ointment after double-eyelid surgery?
A. Wait until 3–4 weeks after your stitches have been removed, then consult your surgeon before applying it.
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