Monday, December 26, 2005

Day 20 post surgery : 25 Dec 05

Last nite I used lots of Lacrilube and slept well, without eyes tearing, thankfully. Though I did wake up with dry eyes and blurry vision which lasts for a while. It feels like I've slept the whole night with my eyes open, which I probably have and probably do do.

I'd wrapped my hair in wrap as I'd used some hair oil which supposedly strengtens hair and then washed it again, followed by blow drying and hair straightening to see how my hair looks like. I think I didn't wash out the oil too much as the hair style seemed a little flat and it took ages to find the right parting, as I can't use my normal side parting as there's a V shaped incision area right by my normal side parting (sighs). I may have to center part my hair for a while or find an alternate. My hairline also seems a little high and I've always my whole life tried to hide my forehead with a fringe of sorts as it's always felt large to me. You'd think now that I've had a brow lift I'd be ok about it though nope, I still feel self conscious about my high hairline.

I was looking at Angelina Jolie on tv yesterday and she too has a high hairline as does Helen Hunt; though theirs suits them as they don't have fine thin hair like I do. I guess their hair is always well groomed professionally before they appear on their tv movies :) which makes all the difference. I may wander to Bluewater mall tomorrow and see if they have any clip on hair extensions at the wig store. It'll help hide the bald (eek) spots while they heal. I cringe at the use of the word bald though that's what it is I guess. Or thinning area. I hope the hair does grow back. Either that or I'll be permanently changing my hair parting to hide the thinning area.

Still some bruising under eyes (yellowish/green) and purplish on my upper eyelids. My upper eyelid incisions still feel tender at times and when I wash my face I daren't rub too hard as it hurts and I'm very gentle. There's some dry skin there that won't go away and I daren't rub too hard cos it stings and I'd rather wait till they naturally wash off. When I wash my eyelids (shut), it feels weird as before I didn't really have that much double eyelids and now I do. Remember I am part Chinese and part English and though I had some eyelid crease before, it wasn't that much. It's like I've gone from part Chinese/part English to perhaps fully English - eyelid crease wise. I'm still getting used to touching it as it feels different.

My scalp still feels sore where the staples and incisions are and I guess that will remain so until they fully heal which may take a few weeks. I have to be careful when I comb my hair as it's sore and the metal parts of the comb could rub on the incision area (ouch).

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