Swelling Under Eyes

[mayful]

Six weeks after cataract surgery and have swelling under eyes.  Could this be a reaction to the multiple eye drops you have to use for so long?  Will it go down in time.

[achillea]

Sometimes, swelling can be an adverse reaction to something in the eyedrops.  It would be a good idea to get yourself in to see your doc and have him/her take a look at things.

[LisaTaylor]

Swelling under the eyes is normal after a cataract surgery. It is caused by the anesthesia and eye drops used during the surgery. You must have a follow up check up with your eye doctor, to make sure that you're not having another vision-threatening eye disease.

[mayful]

I look terrible.  Like I've been out all night living it up.  Bags and dark circles that were not there before the cat surgery.  The eye doc says I looked like this before but couldn't see it because I needed cat surgery.  Not true, used to put makeup on w/magnifying mirror.  They had taken a close-up picture when I first went in.  When we looked at it - no bags or circles.  The excuse now is that I wore glasses before and they covered up the bags and circles.  I've tried to research to see if eye drops could have caused this and if it is a temporary situation.  It's very depressing to look in a mirror.