Double eyelid surgery causes sunken eye sockets

In fact, double eyelid surgery is to remove excess fat and muscle from the eyelid area, but this tests the skills of the surgeon. If too much fat is removed, it will naturally cause a sunken eye socket. If it is confirmed that the eye sockets are caused by excessive fat removal, the only way to improve it is to fill them with autologous fat or free fat flaps to make them look fuller and more natural. However, the activity of autologous fat filling cannot be maintained for a long time and needs to be filled again.

Why does double eyelid surgery cause sunken eye sockets?

This is because the doctor did not grasp the "degree" when removing the eyelid tissue. Too much muscle and fat were removed during the double eyelid surgery, resulting in a defect and sunken upper eyelid after the operation. Some people also have sunken eye sockets due to the doctor's rough technique, which causes scar adhesion.

How to improve sunken eye sockets caused by failed double eyelid surgery?

If it is confirmed that the sunken eye sockets are caused by excessive fat removal from the upper eye sockets, the sunken eye sockets can be improved by filling the orbital septum or behind the orbicularis oculi muscle with autologous fat, dermis, free fat flap, muscle flap and other materials to make the upper eyelids fuller and more youthful.

If it is not because of excessive removal, but because the position of the hanging wire is too high, resulting in high adhesion and a sunken visual appearance, re-surgery is required to loosen the scar adhesion in layers, redesign the double eyelid shape, and then suture to form a new double eyelid shape.

How long can autologous fat filling of sunken eye sockets last?

Once the injected fat takes hold, the effect is permanent. But each injection is not 100% viable, and the inactivated cells will be absorbed by the human body. Therefore, a small number of people need a second filling after 3-6 months to achieve a permanent full effect. The principle followed by fat filling is "small amounts and multiple times". Injecting too much fat at one time will cause the fat to not receive sufficient blood supply, which will cause the fat to fail to survive. Other types of eyelid sunken, such as congenital or aging-related sunken eyelids, can also be improved by filling.