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Write a ReviewHad Upper Eyelid Surgery, Should Have Had Brow Lilft, Left with TINY Eyes, Uneven, I Look Like a Freak!
- smalleyes
- posted 3 years ago
- updated 2 years ago
- Worth It
- Cost: $4,000
- Dr. Lori Cherup (Pittsburgh, PA)
No pros that I can think of at this time. I wanted...
- 16 Jun 2010
No pros that I can think of at this time. I wanted to get rid of the sad, tired look I had gotten from the past 5 years of stress (my only son, 17 years old, drowned and I've had to move over the country for my seriously ill teenage daughter (and only surviving child). My face fell because of the stress and I was getting botox to help lift and reduce wrinkles. Each time I'd go in, the doctor would say to me, "I'd get your lids done." Finally I gave in and said I would. I think I should have had a forehead lift instead.
I'm not as concerned that the surgery lines are not in the creases as I've read those will eventually fade. I'm okay with out a lid crease. What bothers me the most is my eyes are VERY UNEVEN, droopy lower lids which make me look ill, unevenly shaped eyes, and my eyes are about HALF the size they used to be! I look like a freak! I am at a loss as to what to do next. Yes the swelling will go down, but it won't make the eyes even, or the shape of my lower lid go back to normal. I feel as if I've been butchered. I wasn't looking for miracles, I didn't expect to look younger. I just didn't want to look tired and sad all the time. My right eye is pushed up toward the tear duct.
Please help me. I'm scared to death and just don't know many people in town to talk to (I just moved here last year). Thanks.
Okay, so I spoke WAAAAYYYYY too soon. So far now a...
- 18 Jun 2010
I'm one month post op and I love the way I...
- 5 Jul 2010
One month in and I"m very happy. Still healing!
- 5 Jul 2010
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She didn't make promises saying that I'd look so much younger, etc. She did say I was really in need of the surgery. She seemed very confident. I'd been in her office for two years getting botox (not from her) and I had not seen anyone who I thought looked bad. I thought I'd jumped right in. What I found out (after the fact) was that there is more than one way to fix an upper eye lid droop. It had never occured to me to research that. She had wanted to do a lower face lift, but I was not prepared to do that at this time. I don't live in an area where women as careful about their looks. So I'm not sure how much work the plastic surgeons get. So the pickings are slim here. See another doctor!
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By the way, I was also considering going for a lower face lift but I get the impression that face lifts are becoming bit passe and that laser treatments like Fraxel are the treatments du jour for tightening up skin. Just a thought... you don't look like a face lift candidate to me just yet.
Be patient, it takes a while to come to terms with the changes that surgery brings and it really takes a long time to heal completely and for things to settle down.
I'm happy I had the upper eye lids down, the laser underneath the eyes was a waste of time and money. It still costs me a mint to bet botox for the wrinkles underneath my eyes.
Now, 7 months afterward I can say that I would NOT recommend this doctor. *sorry Lori* The reason I say this is that my eyes look 'okay' and yes better than before, but I am scarred on my lids and need ANOTHER surgery to correct the deep intentations from where the incisions were.
I'm not talking about the red lines that disappear (ever so slowly) but real scars that are deep and have to literally be filled in to cover them up. They are not red, but they look as if someone took a chick of my eyelid out. Surgery is the only way to correct her mistakes.
SO - if you live in Pittsburgh, do NOT use the same doctor I used. ANd don't bother with the laser underneath your eyes, you still have to use Botox anyway.
I'll try to upload a photo sometime of just my lid so you can see what I am talking about, but at this time I am in corporate housing and I don't have a decent camera to take a photo that will show the scars. (All my stuff is in storage until we move into our house)
About the conflicting comments about Dr. Cherup -- I was still seeing one of the nurses at her office to get my injectables so I wasn't as honest about my disappointment as I could have been concerning my surgery. But I had nowhere else to go for my injectables at the time.
Now I'm back to a normal area and will seek out help from a better doctor.
I'min the Nashville/Brentwood area if anyone has any suggestions. However wise I'll hold off until I get back to Scottsdale, or go to Miami for corrections.
Hi There, I am a licensed Aesthetician and I wanted to offer you some advice regarding the skin on your lower lids being traumatized by the laser. This is a very thin delicate skin obviously, that is now hypersensitive to the elements. You were right to use an SPF to protect your skin. I don't know which type of product you used, however, I have read that many sunscreens contain chemical components that react with your body's chemistry and actually heat you up. In other words, if you applied this type of product on the skin and then took the temperature of the skins surface-it would be higher. Heat brings on hyperpigmention. It sounds like what you are experiencing. This is going to be an ongoing issue for you since you've had laser treatment. Unfortunately, many women are using products they think are beneficial and are actually creating adverse affects. In most cases they won't show up for some time. But, your delicate skin is trying to heal itself so you're seeing the effects right away.
Hyperpigmentation is treatable. You need to protect your skin with a physical sunblock that cools the skin. This would be a mineral makeup product. Which is really just a dry brush on sun block that is anti-inflammatory an anti-microbial. You can get this in a 20spf or a 30spf....you can also get it in a cream form, like a mineral "crayon" concealer. Just beware of drug store brands claiming to
Be mineral, when in fact they are vastly different from pure mineral product and don't offer the same protection. In fact pure mineral makeup that is processed correctly (should float in water) is actually rated as a treatment for rosacea conditions (redness) an can improve the look of red skin because minerals are vaso-constricting...so, you're actually better offgoimg out with minerals on than going bare faced. Once you've got your sun protection under control, I would suggest a vitamin C eye gel all around the eye (including eyelid) in the a.m. With a little eye cream layered around the outer eye area. Vitamin C will help prevent more hyperpigmentation and aid in collagen synthesis. The gel formula will act as a stimulant to help with stagnation of lymphatic fluid (puffiness). At night, you might use a collagen fluid made for eye area, all around eyes (including lid) with a little eye cream at outer corners. Collagen acts as a humectant - it helps you retain lipids (oils) and plumps up the skin for visible immediate results. Maybe your doctor told you all of this already and has given you some good products to work with. If you are interested, you can email me and I can fill you in on some of my favorites-I've been in the skin care industry for over 20 years...best of luck to you in any case-I think you are a sunny, beautiful girl...thanks for sharing your progress with us.
Thanks for the compliments. =)