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The permanent makeup should not make a huge difference in your eyelids unless there is some type of infection

Monday, June 7th, 2010

The permanent makeup should not make a huge difference in your eyelids unless there is some type of infection after Asian Blepharoplasty (Dr Young Bellevue Wash). An infection would be more likely if there is more tenderness, redness, and swelling than before.  You should get some swelling from eyebrow tatooing and this should be expected.  Nine days is a little early to do something like that in my opinion.  The reason is that after a procedure you will have swelling that is normal. Sometimes the swelling, can break down the skin defenses so it is not a good idea the more closer you do it from your surgery date.  I think waiting at least 2 weeks, and to be conservative at least a month from your procedure is the more prudent thing.  This is what I would have recommended to you. I would have your doctor examine the area to make sure that there is no signs of infection that would need treatment.  Otherwise, I think that you should be okay and that your double eyelid operation should not suffer significant untoward effects. We also have a video demonstrating these procedures for you to see.

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Dr Young

Dr Young specializes in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

You can increase the height and style of your double eyelid after Non Incision Asian Blepharoplasty

Monday, June 7th, 2010

You can increase the height and style of your double eyelid after Non Incision Asian Blepharoplasty.  In this case you wouldn’t absolutely need to remove the sutures that were there before.  But removing them would not be very difficult and shouldn’t markedly impact your procedure if it were redone in an open fashion.  You can also do the revision with the non incision technique and it should be done just like if your current fold is natural and not from surgery.  I prefer doing Asian Blepharoplasty in an open fashion because I think it is more accurate and leads to more reliable results.  I don’t know how long you had this procedure but it might have lasted longer had your done the double eyelid procedure in an open manner.  To make the crease lower would be much more difficult open and closed.  It is not really possible even to make it lower in a closed non incision technique. We also have a video demonstrating these procedures for you to see.

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Dr Young specializes in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

You can change the way your eye looks after Asian Blepharoplasty Double Eyelid Surgery

Monday, June 7th, 2010

You can change the way your eye looks after Asian Blepharoplasty Double Eyelid Surgery. But it depends on how you want it changed.  Plastic Surgery can only do so much.  There is a point when too much can make you look worse.  This is something to talk to your doctor about.  If you would like your crease higher this is very possible.  It is a little more difficult to make your eyelid crease come down but this is still possible.  If you would like your middle part of your eye so that it is more open, or if you would like your eyelid in the middle part to have less skin then a medial epicanthoplasty would be more ideal for you. The medial epicanthoplasty can really open up your eye by taking away or shifting the skin more medially.  This procedure has a tendency to make your eyes look less Asian so this is something that you should accept.  You can also change the way the eyelid crease tapers medially and laterally.

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Dr Young specializes in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

Asian Double Eyelid Crease Formation / Blepharoplasty and Medial Epicanthoplasty Recovery Log

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

I thought that this would be a nice way for people to see how they could potentially recover from Asian Blepharoplasty / Double Eyelid Crease Formation and Medial Epicanthoplasty Procedures (Philip Young MD is in Bellevue, Washington).  Below are some pictures after we completed these procedures for someone.  I will update these photos as more come in and time permitting. One thing you can see is the swelling and the bruising.  Some of the effects of the procedure on the eyelid will make the muscles that opens up the eyelid weaker from the manipulation.  This droopiness of the eyelid is called ptosis.  This is a very common occurance and will recover completely in days to weeks at most.  Sometimes this can last longer but is more rare. You can see that her ptosis is rapidly improving over just a couple of days. The incisions near her epicanthus or fold in the middle of the eye is from the procedure called the medial epicanthoplasty.  We explain these procedures in more detail in other blogets in the this main blog site.  We also have a video demonstrating these procedures for you to see.

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Dr Young

Dr Young specializes in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

Day 1 Right After Surgery

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What is the Round Eye Deformity and how does a medial epicanthoplasty improve this situation when doing Asian Blepharoplasty?

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

The round eye deformity is a consequence of making the double eyelid crease (Philip Young MD from Bellevue, Washington) too high for the particular persons eye shape.  What happens is that the eye appears to be much wider in the vertical dimension that appears Round and Odd without the horizontal natural appearing eye that most eyes should have.  Usually, most Asian eyelids should have at most 3mm of pretarsal show.  That is the amount of eyelid that is showing under the eyelid crease.  This area is usually smaller when the eye is open but larger when the eye is closed.  The most it should show when the eye is open is 3mm for an Asian Eyelid for an Asian eyelid to look the most aesthetically pleasing.   When the eyelid crease is higher than this, the result starts to put more tension toward the medial part of the eyelid.  There are solutions to this.  You can decrease the height of the eyelid crease so that it looks more natural. Or you can do another procedure, a medial epicanthoplasty which can open up the eyelid more in the horizontal dimension.  This helps release the tension that is placed in the epicanthal area.   My preference is to do Dr Park’s Z epicanthoplasty.  Previous epicanthoplasties were notorious for their propensity to create a lot of scarring.  The beauty of Dr. Park’s Z epicanthoplasty, is that it avoids the scarring and keeps the incisions within the double eyelid crease and the natural creases that would normally be created in the eyelid creases.  When you look at the picture below, the triangle ECA is removed.  The flap made from EAB is rotated into ECA.  This effectively helps reduce the prominence of the epicanthal fold and helps open up the eye in the horizontal dimension. We have a video demonstrating these procedures.

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Dr Young specializes in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

A Mini Facelift for Acne Scars by Dr. Philip Young of Bellevue | Seattle:

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

A Mini Facelift for Acne Scars by of Bellevue | Seattle: A minilift (Dr Young has extensive experience in facelift and has done over 1200 facelift and is located in Bellevue, WA) could help remove some extra skin and Fat injections are great for the Hollows under  the Eyes.  I have many patients that I have done a minilift for acne scars.  My patients seem very pleased with the results for this reason. It is not a common application for a minilift to improve acne scars but some people find it very useful.  Fat injectons under the eyes are a great way to improve the volume loss there and the dark circles, and baggy look in this area.  Fillers can also be done here as a temporary measure.  Fat injections, if all variables are positive, can last years in this area.  Volumizing in this area is the most natural and, in my opinion, is better than any type of lower eyelid lift or cheek lift.  Fat injections are also great for acne.  A thin layer under a bed of acne scars will improve their appearance, rejuvenate the skin and elevate some depressed scars to a degree.  I think volumizing your whole cheek could really help your appearance.

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Dr Young specializes in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

Should I get a browlift or eyelift or both?

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

A browlift raises the eyebrows upward to improve droopy brows, while a blepharoplasty takes away extra eyelid skin.  When people age, the eyebrows tend to descend and create more tissue in the upper eyelid area.  Lifting the eyebrows can move this accumulated tissue away from the upper eyelid.  Sometimes removing tissue from the upper eyelid can enhance the total appearance of the eyebrow and upper eyelids.  How do you know what to do? Well your surgeon will help you with that.  But essentially your eyebrow should be above your eyelashes by about the width of the colored portion of your eye (or iris).  To have a more awake look, this can be a little more.  When it becomes more than 1 1/2 of an iris width a surprised look begins to be sensed by the viewer.  After determining the ideal height of the eyebrow, any extra eyelid skin can be removed to enhance the whole upper eyelid, eyebrow region.   In terms of numbers, the eyebrow should be at least 1.2cm away from the eyelashes and not more than 1.8cm away to avoid the surprised look.  If the eyebrow is already 1.2 to 1.8cm away from the eyelashes, an upper eyelift could be the only thing you need.  Even better, as you age, you really lose volume throughout your whole face.  Volumizing is a great alternative to the incisions that are necessary with browlifts and eyelifts.  Volumizing can be used to elevate the eyebrows, fill in the upper eyelids in a natural way with incisions, significant discomfort that is associated with older, traditional procedures like the eyebrow lift and eyelift / blepharoplasty.  This is where the YoungVolumizer can help.  The YoungVolumizer is a procedure I developed to volumize your face in a natural way with your own tissues and without incisions, and the discomfort of traditional, older procedures.

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Dr Young specializes in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

What is a pinch blepharoplasty? And what is a blepharoplasty done through a conjunctival route?

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

A pinch blepharoplasty is done through a minimally invasive incision under the eyelashes in the lower eyelid.  The incision usually heals really well. The transconjunctival route is through the inside of the eyelid and through this approach we are able to take out unwanted fat.  This route can avoid a skin incision in people who just have an accumulation of excess fat but not skin.

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Dr Young specializes in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

What fills in the hollow under the eyes, do implants work there?

Monday, April 19th, 2010

Eye / Inferior orbital rim Implants can fill in the hollows under the eyes. Volume loss in the cheek and under the eye along the inferior orbital rim can lead to the hollowing under the eye that makes the bags under the eyes stand out.  There are many ways to fill in that hollow. You can use fillers, fat injections, the YoungVolumizer, Implant (Dr Young Seattle Washington), and you can sometimes reposition the fat over the rim.  Taking out the lower eyelid fat reduces the baggy appearance but doesn’t correct the original reason why there is a hollow there in the first place which is due to volume loss. Here is a video on a live facial fat injection (by Dr Young of Bellevue, Washington) on youtube.

 

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Dr Young specializes in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

What is the recovery for Asian Blepharoplasty?

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Recovery from Asian Blepharoplasty (Dr Young is in Seattle Washington) varies and depends on the patient. Generally, the recover takes a week or so. The swelling in the eyes can sometimes take longer to get over depending on your genetics, likelihood of bleeding, your bodies inherent healing properties, etc. Recovery is typically longer than standard blepharoplasty. With Asian blepharoplasty, you have to get to a deeper level in order to recreate the crease. This extra dissection can lead to more swelling, bruising, etc. Techniques to increase the longevity of your crease can add to the healing. But the benefit is that your crease will last longer. I have techniques that make the crease last longer. You can read my blog to find out more about how I do the Asian Blepharoplasty. Another general common understanding of wound healing is that you usually get 60% of your healing the first 6 weeks.  You get 80% at 6 months.  You have 89% of the healing by 2 years and then it tapers off after that.  Look forward to hearing from you!

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Dr Young specializes in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington