“Skin graft”
Eyelid Surgery: NOT worth it
Pain: Uncomfortable
In the summer of -07 I decided to have eyelid surgery due to bags under my eyes and a slight hooding of my upper eyelid. The surgeon was very experienced and well known. I thought I was in good hands.
I asked for a very conservative approach in the upper eyelids. Less is more I said to the surgeon more than once and do NOT change the shape of my almond shaped eyes. That did not happen. He removed so much fat and skin that I could not recognice my eyes. My whole face changed because of this surgery.
I really did not need to touch the upper lids at all. The lower are fine, somewhat hollow but I can live with that. I found a great surgeon who has injected juvederm in the upper eyelids. The fullness is back but I am still in chock over what has happened to me and can not get used to this face. I am in therapy and suffer great depression. Did not know it all could go so wrong. Surgeon said it was so easy and never complications.
My question is to anyone and everyone: Is there a way to stretch the upper eyelid skin so that I can create a crease again. I would like to have some tissue back in this area, has anyone had a skin graft in the upper lid? All I want is to look like myself again. I regret this more than anything in my life. Can not accept this result and will look for a solution until I find one.
May 21, 2009Comments and replies (13)
5 Jun 2009
That is EXACTLY what happened to me! I just aksed for a small adjustment (the main work was on the puffiness below the eye). Now, not a day goes by that I don't regret that fateful decision. If you find a solution please post it. I'm hoping that there's some way to stretch the skin..
49 posts
8 Jun 2009
could you post a pic?
15 posts
20 Jun 2009
to goldilock, no one got it worst than my eyelid surgery. I am born with double eyelid. Didn't like the extra crese on the inner corner of my eyes. An asian lady first told me about eyelid surgery. She and her sister weren't born with it. Her older sister got her eyes done. I didn't like the look cuz the eyes that her plastic surgeons gave her is so fake............... Do you live in the silcon valley area? Many asian that are people with double eyelid get eyelid surgery for same reason I got mine. I have a really funny looking face after surgery Dr. name of the doctor that that this to me is name dr. Richard a. weiss out of newport beach.
15 posts
20 Jun 2009
To t37352, If you are asian of east, southeast, north ,or northeast asian please be careful who you choose to do the surgery. If you are any of the above ethnicities I mention, why don't you look up dr. William chen out of long beach, ca. He did a re-vision work on my left eyelid. He made the huge stitch mark less noticeable. I find him to be honest and patient. I heard dr. lee out of beverly hills is not patient and very much into move people in and out of his operating room quickly. Dr. chen has extensive asian eyelid surgeries experience. I don't want you to end up looking like me. It is very sad and I am depress on and off about it.
55 posts
29 Jul 2009
Too Goldilock...What you wrote is similar to my story. I had my eye lid surgery done 7 years ago and still seek reversion.I had fat injections using my own fat, 2 years after my surgery. My skin was so tight only a tiny amount could be injected. It did help for awhile, but the fat is absorbed after time and only 10-20% remain. My eyes are hollowed and sunken. Trust me it gets worse with time, and you lose volume in your face. I too had almond shaped eyes, and would do about anything to have my eyes back. Your eyes are your face,window to your soul and this altered change, also changed my entire appearance.All very negative. I read where fat strip grafting can be done. I have yet to meet anyone that has had this procedure for our same needs. Hollowed eye sockets is also a genetic trait for some people. Unfortunately is it mine now as well. I'm not sure if this grafting of fat is rejected by your body after time, or how long it may last. I'm surprised you found a doctor to inject derma filler into your upper lids, most tell me No, because it can lump and cause more malformation. Good luck to you, and if you find an answer, please notify me. I know there are things in life, we may never recover. I pray this is not one of them. I get so very depressed as time goes by now,and find it harder to forgive myself for this aweful choice. I feel the stranger that looks back at me in the mirror every day, may never go away, and will never be united with whom I really am, and look like. I don't even resemble my family members anymore, and we all had a certain trait. Very sad.
22 posts
25 Aug 2009
The same thing happened to me as well. I had upper eyelid surgery in 2006 and it has been a nightmare ever since. I had bad scarring on one eyelid that contracted the eyelid, loss of skin and fat and I was left with hollowness in upper eyelids. I now have skin shortage in the left upper eyelid and must use saran wrap at night to create a moisture chamber so the eye can keep lubricated and am now told that I need a skin graft. The doctor who did my surgery was not helpful at all and worse of all, he appears to have no compassion for what he has done to me and my life.
22 posts
30 Aug 2009
I have gone to several very prominent eyelid surgeons in CA and other states, basically, they all say the same thing - too much fat and skin removed, especially on the right upper lid leading to eyelid shortage. My plastic surgeon was Dr. Richard Nesmith in Gainesville, Florida. I also had face lift and have I have contacted him about the problem several times but he has no compassion at all. I should have known something when he didn't even show up for the pre-op appt. and during my initial consultation, he left the room to take a phone call. During my post op visits, I had to ask the nurse to see him, because she was the only one I saw. I should have seen where his priorities lie. I must now live with what he did to me and hope no one else will be hurt like me.