Male Ptosis Correction: Swelling at One Week and One Month, on Video

When male patients ask about ptosis correction, the question is almost always about swelling.

They ask how the bruising and swelling can resolve as quickly as it does. So I want to put together a series of photos and videos showing the timeline at one week, one month, and beyond.

Pre-op.

One week post-op.

There is some bruising, and the suture marks at the medial epicanthoplasty are still visible.

Another male patient — pre-op.

One week post-op. The fold is faintly visible because of residual swelling.

One month post-op. The crease has tucked under and most of the swelling has resolved, with a small amount remaining.

I did not see him after that. Most patients come for the one-month visit, but even when I ask them to come in at six months, they often do not.

What can I do — they do not come in.

Pre-op.

One week post-op. With residual swelling, the no-crease ptosis correction can briefly read as a slightly intense expression.

Two months out. The swelling is gone, the crease has tucked away, and the result is a clean no-crease look.

Six months out. The white line is just sunscreen — it can read like a faint crease, but it is not.

Here is a representative one-month average across these cases.