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Picture this:
Its pouring rain outside and I have to do an errand which I was really dreading. I start run out into the rain to my car. By the time I get to the passenger seat of my car the rain is literally driving into my face I quickly swing the car door open when, of course, the corner of the car slits right into the corner of the piece of skin that covers your eyes when you go to sleep (can't remember name, sorry if I sound stupid). My eye starts dripping blood.
Of course. Any way to make sure that this isn't a black eye?
You have a laceration of your eyelid. It may indeed become a "black eye", which is just bruising under the skin around the eye. The blood can even be pulled down under the skin of the face due to the effects of gravity.
If the bleeding has stopped and you have no change in vision or evidence of bleeding around the eyeball itself, the best treatment is an ice pack. When my sister in law had eyelid surgery, she was instructed to apply the ice off and on throughout the day: thirty minutes on and 20 minutes off while awake.
If there are vision problems or any question of injury to the eyeball, see an ophthalmologist ASAP.
You have a laceration of your eyelid. It may indeed become a "black eye", which is just bruising under the skin around the eye. The blood can even be pulled down under the skin of the face due to the effects of gravity.
If the bleeding has stopped and you have no change in vision or evidence of bleeding around the eyeball itself, the best treatment is an ice pack. When my sister in law had eyelid surgery, she was instructed to apply the ice off and on throughout the day: thirty minutes on and 20 minutes off while awake.
If there are vision problems or any question of injury to the eyeball, see an ophthalmologist ASAP.
Ice will reduce swelling but it will increase bruising because the blood will not disperse.
Ice will reduce swelling but it will increase bruising because the blood will not disperse.
Ice is recommended early to help stop the bleeding by constricting blood vessels and help with swelling. That's what the plastic surgeons recommend for eyelid procedures.
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