I don't think your eyeballs are held in by your eyelids, otherwise the guys with 'wider' looking eyes would be holding their eyeballs in when looking at pretty girls
I believe your eyeballs are held in by the cords/muscles behind them, please correct if I'm incorrect.
When I first saw the pics and didn't read the words, I was thinking 'Is this a report on a girlt aht's been beaten by her SO or something?' It does look gory but I guess it's a small price to pay if it will have a positive effect on your life mentally and physically...