Doctor answers: How long should you avoid seafood after eyebrow lift?

After lifting (suspending) the eyebrow arch, the wound (the incision line under the eyebrow) is very sensitive and can easily be irritated or infected if the diet is not appropriate. Among them, how long to avoid seafood after eyebrow lifting is a concern for many women because many sources indicate that this food group can cause pus and stimulate the formation of bad scars. Let Dr. Eye help you answer this question in this article!

1. How long to avoid seafood after eyebrow lifting is best?

Women should limit seafood intake for about 4 – 6 weeks after surgery. Because at that time, the wound has completely healed, the scar fades gradually, which will minimize swelling, redness, and itching… to the maximum. Especially, those with more sensitive skin should avoid it for a few more weeks to ensure safety and prevent the formation of bad scars.

* Tip: Women who perform eyebrow lifting at the specialized cosmetic center for middle-aged women Dr. Eye can rest assured that the doctor always provides detailed and attentive guidance on post-operative nutrition. Specifically, based on the initial health examination results, the doctor designs a list of foods to eat and not to eat for women to refer to, ensuring the wound heals well and avoiding the risk of irritation.

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2. Why should you avoid seafood after an eyebrow lift?

Because foods that contain high levels of protein and Histamine can easily cause allergic reactions (with symptoms such as swelling, pus formation, itching…) for open wounds and take longer to heal. In fact, seafood can increase the risk of forming bad scars, affecting the aesthetic results of the eyebrow area after healing and causing loss of beauty.

3. What if I accidentally eat seafood after an eyebrow lift? How to handle it?

If you accidentally eat seafood, you just need to observe your body’s reactions at home. Depending on the actual symptoms, you can take appropriate measures, including:

• If there are no allergic symptoms, itching, swelling… then you can continue to rest according to the doctor’s instructions and care for the wound as usual.
• If there are signs of swelling, pus formation, pain… then go to the doctor immediately for examination and find appropriate, safe handling measures.

In addition, you should increase the intake of thosefoods that are good for the healing process such as foods rich in vitamin C (from oranges, tangerines, guavas…), vitamin E (in nuts, meat, fish…), vitamin A (from carrots, sweet potatoes, bell peppers…), iron (in cereals, soybeans…), zinc (from milk, green vegetables, fruits…)…negative impact on the healing ability of the wound, even leading to hypertrophic scars.

• Foods that easily leave scars (such as beef, water spinach…): This group of foods often promotes excessive collagen production, which can cause the healing skin to darken and form hypertrophic scars.

• Foods that easily cause irritation (such as seafood, nuts…): Similar to seafood, these types of food have a high potential to irritate wounds. Therefore, they negatively affect the recovery of the eyebrow lift.
• Fermented foods (such as pickled vegetables, bamboo shoots…): Most of these foods have high levels of salt and sugar, making the wounds prone to pus formation.

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Above is the answer to the question how long to avoid seafood after eyebrow lift is reasonable. Hopefully, through this, women can achieve satisfactory beauty results, possessing bright and youthful eyes.

Accordingly, choosing to lift (suspend) the eyebrow at Dr. Eye, women not only receive detailed guidance on diet and post-operative care from the doctor but also have close support from the time of health examination, method consultation to the time of performing the gentle, technically correct minor surgery. This ensures that the results of correcting the eye area defects for women are as desired, creating natural and sustainable beauty.