Eye barely changed after blepharoplasty

I have the same exact issue as Renee! The depth of my two eyelid creases are uneven after my double eyelid surgery, by 0.5 centimeter, making my right eye a little droopy, sleepy and smaller than the other. It's been about two weeks now, and my swelling and bruise have gone...at least I don't feel any pain at all. I have a feeling that I'll be looking the way I'm now into the future. If nothing has changed over time, I'm considering for a corrective surgery on my right eye to make it symmetrical.

Hi Austin it's Renee. I'm wondering if you definitly decied to go for a revision,and how long your PS told you to wait. Can you nhave it done in 3 months? That isw what I'm hoping for because there has been no improvement in my right eye and now I'm at 5 weeks.

Hi Austin: I had an upper bleph on 3/27/09. I was wondering if you had anynmore work done? My Ps is of course very dismissive and wants me to wait a full six months. She did say because I was so upset she would do a chemical peel. Well from what I heard this is worse. And sounds more painful with more downtime because they burn off the skin on your eye lids! SO my inner eyes still have folds of skin, I know if they haven't tightened by now they aren,t going to.. If anything the skin should relax more over time! Also I think there was a surgical resident in the or that day and he told me he was assisting that day so I wonder if he did any part of the surgery? It dosent't seem ethical if you are a private pay patient who thought they went to a board certified plastic surgeon and then a resident does it. Has anyone had this happen to them?

$1500 US dollars is the common cost for eyelid surgery. Price may vary from place to place.

thanks for getting back to me.How long did you have to wait for the first revision, and was it done in the office? Was the second procedure by the new Dr. as difilcult as the first? With the same amount of recovery time? I dred the thought of all this again. You get your hopes up only to be dissapointed again!

My surgeon had a good rep and many years experience. However, i think his type has done these surgeries so much they just fly through them. I felt like he sort of did a half-arsed job. After 8 weeks, It was clear it wasn't getting any better, (and didn't) but of course he kept making me wait. I think I made it 13 weeks before I finally convinced him that I wanted something done. He did a small revision in his office, it was easy, he gave me a local. However, he was so conservative it barely improved the problem. That was that, I found another doctor (a woman). The woman was great and knew exactly what to do. She did another, more dramatic fix that worked perfectly. Again in her office, it healed in a couple of weeks. I did have to have stitches both times so that was a pain. I just wanted It DONE so i could wear makeup and get on with my life. This was supposed to be a good thing i did for myself. Instead, i felt like i was being punished for vanity or something. My kids kept asking me what was wrong with my eye as it dragged on so long. I also had to pay the second surgeon $700 to do the final fix. I just wanted a conclusion. I am so sorry you are going thru this. I know you just want to recover and feel good about yourself. Just remain calm knowing you can have a revision and it can be fixed. Try not to fret, i wasted a lot of time worrying and feeling bad about my choice to have the surgery. I have a small scar from the second surgery (he did), I'm hoping in time it will be gone. I don't think yours sounds as bad as mine, half of my right lid dropped. Cutting off that excess skin did the trick. try not to worry

Thanks for your reply! I see my PS again May 1st. It will be almost 12 weeks. Still no improvement, I'm crossing my fingers that my PS will agree with me. I hate that they are so dismissive! It's not like I want to have more surgery! Thanks for your help and support! It's been a pleasure talking with you!I'll keep you posted.