Swelling

Swelling is characteristic of this type of aesthetic procedure and it should be always expected after using plasma. This is because the area will be recovering from an intentional burn therefore the natural side effect is swelling.

 

For eyelid correction or eye bag correction treatments, swelling can be minimised using certain techniques but never completely avoided, because a deliberate controlled burn has to be caused to the eyelids in order to induce the desired localised skin tightening. Although swelling is to be expected there is no reason to try and cure it because in all circumstances it will subside on its own accord.

 

The few adverse effects have been caused by the use of incorrect creams and products in order to minimise or ‘cure’ the swelling. The swelling should not be cured because it is not a disease and it is a direct transient consequence of the controlled burn caused by the aesthetic treatment.

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Healing Process

Day 1: The swelling peaks the following day after the eye bag removal or eyelid removal treatment. Some clients might find it harder to open their eyes as soon as they get up in the morning the first day following the treatment. Gradually, throughout the day the swelling will subside slightly. Discomfort, pain and slight discharge can occur but this is normal.

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Day 2: The swelling is the same or slightly less then the previous day (Day 1). The swelling in the eyelid or eye bag peaks soon after waking up and subsides slightly throughout the day. Sometimes swelling also spreads to the eye bags even if no plasma aesthetic treatment was carried out on the lower eyelids. This is normal because the upper eyelid communicate with the lower eyelid and some fluid inside the upper eyelid can spread to the eye bags. This is normal and this undesired swelling of the lower eyelid will subside over the following days.

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Day 3: The swelling should start to subside noticeably and the spots where the electrical plasma was applied will start turning into scabs. The scabs must not me picked and should fall off on their own accord. The discomfort experienced during Day 1 and Day 2 should have subsided dramatically. No further pain should be experienced on the third day following the treatment. For those people who experience eye-bag swelling, this should still be present during the third day.

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Day 4: No discomfort or pain should be felt fourth following the treatment. Some residual minor swelling can be still be on the upper eyelids. No more pain or discomfort should be felt.

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Day 5: All swelling should have subsided and some scabs may still be present. The minor swelling on the eye bags should have almost subsided.

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Day 6: The scabs should have started to fall off. In most cases during Day 6 people will struggle to tell whether any aesthetic treatment has ever been performed.

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Day 7: Almost all scabs should have fallen off. At this point it is ok to start using total physical sun screen and apply make-up as usual.

 

Week 2: The area although has healed it may feel more tender to the touch than usual and people may experience a stinging sensation while applying creams or washing normally. The area may look pinker than usual.

 

Week 3 & 4: The are may be still slightly tender and pinker than the rest of the area.

 

Month 2: Tenderness should have subsided and area should have fully blended with the surrounding skin.