“Keloid damage after upper/lower bleph”
Eyelid Surgery: NOT worth it
Cost: $3,000
Pain: Mild
Cost: $3,000
Pain: Mild
Eyelid Surgery satisfaction: Poor
I do not recommend my Eyelid Surgery provider:
Why: My doctor didn't remove my stiches his practitioner and when I mentioned the uncomfortable feeling and look of the left eye turning inward, he blew me off. I had to call a two days later to have my surgeon look at it and address the keloid. If you do the surgery you should be the one to remove the stitches and check out you work and look for any complications.
I had upper/lower blep 07/13 and devloped a keloid in lower inner left eye. K-pak treatment (9 days later), resolved keloid but inner eyelid still tucked in towards eyeball and rubbing. Lower lid is pulled down revealing more of the eyeball. Looks like I have a glass eye. My surgeon said it's normal?
My eyeball feels very exposed. I realize it may be too soon to tell if my lower lid will bring itself back up, but I'm very worried. Is this correctable if it doesn't fix itself?
Jul 26, 2009Comments and replies (2)
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4 Aug 2009
Hello. Read your review and first let me say I'm sorry you are experiencing this pain and emotional concern. You need to post this as a question to the Doctors. I'm not one, but had a bad upper and lower eye lid surgery many years ago, now seeking some reversions and have posed many questions to the doctors regarding my issues. One of the surgeons mentioned I may have Scleral Show, which is when the whites of your eyes are exposed and should not be. This is due to many things, basically too much fat being removed or tissue cut away. In your case it maybe due to pulling of lid from the Keloid. In any case it could have interfered with the healing process or altered tissue. Since the procedure was done 7/13/09 you may have had enough time to heal and problem now resolved. If not, I would continue to address your doctor, but asking the doctors on this web sight has been beneficial for me. Pictures( Before and After) definitely help in there suggestions, although difficult to sometimes tell from pic's, as opposed to in-person consultation. Hope this helps, and hope things are better.Either way, good luck.
22 posts
9 Nov 2009
I'm sorry this happened to you. I am thinking of getting this done, can you provide the name of your doctor so i know not to use him?