Hello, I went to Jane Olver last year about
wrinkles under my eyes when I smile. I
chose her because of her good reputation.
She told me that I had wrinkled skin, glabella lines, forehead wrinkles,
lash ptosis, droopy eyelids, flat cheeks, dehydrated skin and droopy
eyelids. She recommended a pinch
blepharoplasty for my wrinkles and other treatments including surgery on my
upper eyelids. She sent me a quote for
blepharoplasty and lots of other procedures.
I chose the blepharoplasty and had it in February. Jane Olver gave me a sedative but I was
conscious during the procedure. I was
given opaque contact lenses and injected with anaesthetic under my eyes which
was excruciatingly painful and resulted in two big haematomas. I was sick during the procedure. Afterwards, Jane
Olver said ‘You are purple, you are not a good advert for the clinic. Don’t let anyone see you like that.’ I asked
for a taxi but they did not have a number so they sent me out on to the street
to find one even though I had a purple swollen face and felt drowsy after the
sedatives. I stayed in my house for a
long time and four weeks later my bruises still hadn’t gone. I had to go back to work, I am teacher, I
tried to cover my bruises with make-up but my colleagues and the children still
noticed and asked what had happened. After
a while, it became clear that the procedure had not improved my wrinkles and
had made them worse. I also had a large
lump under my eye and a fold where my eyelid had been stitched down. I went back to Jane Olver and explained that
I looked worse. She acknowledged the
lump and flap but said that in her opinion I looked better than I did
before. When I repeated that I did not look better, she said ‘Change
the record, you’re just stuck in a mindset.’
She then recommended that I use sunscreen. I said that this wouldn’t improve things so
she would give me some botox to make me feel better. She gave me a little botox and said ‘I will
only charge you £350 because I feel sorry for you. When I asked how many areas that was, she
said ‘I do not do areas.’
I decided to give it
more time but things did not improve. I tried
to contact Jane Olver, by sending polite emails with photographs of my concerns
but she simply ignored my messages. I
know she received them because she forwarded them to her secretary and copied
me in. That was 5 months ago.
It is over a year after
my procedure and my wrinkles are much worse.
I also still have a lump and flap and my eyes look more hooded (don’t
know if this is related). I have spent
over $8000 and am in a worse position than I was before. I asked for some advice from a solicitor but he
said I probably won’t get anywhere because of her good reputation. I am feeling really sorry for myself. I look so much older and feel self conscious
in daylight and have been avoiding going on dates for a year. I am not sure if a blepharoplasty was the
right operation for me and feel stupid for going ahead with it. I will now have to visit another surgeon to
remove the lump and flap and hopefully treat the wrinkles under my eyes. I don’t mind travelling to sort my eyes out
and was thinking of going to Dr Lee in San Diego or Dr Julian De Silva in
London. I was also thinking of using a
home TCA peel under my eyes while I save up for this, but am a bit scared.I haven’t told my friends and family much about it because they
wouldn’t approve so I really haven’t got anyone to talk to.
Any advice or support about my experience and recommended treatments for
my eyes would really be appreciated.
Thanks for reading.