I researched the surgeon who did my blepharoplasty for a long time. He is board certified for many years. He was listed as a top doctor in castle connely's top doctors for about ten years straight...it doesn't matter. Blepharoplasty, which involves removing the fat around the eyes, does NOT make eyes look rejuvenated, I don't care if God did the surgery...by removing the fat pads around the eyes which provides structure and fullness to the eye, they are actually aging the eye and creating a gauntness which only gets worse with each passing year. I had a beautiful face with almond shaped eyes that are now gone forever. I look weird now because my eyes now look like two hollow holes with an eyeball deep in the orbit. It's devastating. I regret it so, but I don't blame myself because if I had been given the honest truth about the ramifications of this surgery, I never would have done it. Doctors take an oath to "first do no harm" but apparently this oath doesn't mean too much.
Hi ernurse, how long ago did you have blepharoplasty? Are your eyes sunken in their orbits like mine are now...I had traditional blepharoplasty around 9 years ago and my eyes are hollow and sunken in their sockets? How did Dr McNab correct your eyes? What did he do?
Unfortunately, I'm sorry to say hollowing will only get worse with time after having the fat removed with a blepharoplasty. Unfortunate (and I can think of a few other words to define it) also, is that patients are never told that their eyes will be hollow after blepharoplasty...Sorry, I'm in the same boat.
Excuse me, I meant to say the plastic surgery medical journals stating blepharoplasty causes concavity to the peri-orbital area were written 10 years BEFORE my blepharoplasty, and I wonder why I was never told this??? Not a word about hollowness, concavity, or sinking eyeballs in their orbits. Below are journal articles from 1995, 1996, 1997 & 1999.
Baker, SR. Orbital fat preservation in lower-lid blepharoplasty. Arch Facial Plastic Surgery. 1999; 133-37.
Eder, H. Importance of fat conservation in lower blepharoplasty. Aesthetic Plast Surg 1997;21168-174.
Hamra, ST. The role of orbital fat preservation in facial aesthetic surgery. Cln Plast Surg 1996; 2317-28.
Hamra, ST. Arcus marginalis release and orbital fat preservation in mid face rejuvenation. Plast Reconstr Surg Aug 1995; 96(2):354-62.
Hello, sorry you are dealing with the hollow eyes also. I now see medical plastic surgery journals written as early as 1998 (that's almost ten years after I had my surgery) stating that blepharoplasty causes concavity in the peri-orbital area and I wonder why I was never told that after removing my periorbital fat that my eyeballs would sink into my skull? So, if they are aware of blepharoplasty causing hollowness and concavity, why are they not informing patients??? There is such a cavalier attitude & we are talking about a person's eyes!! I never knew what I was getting into, I just thought I would look well rested...what a joke. At least now, some PS are repositioning the fat instead of completely removing it. I pray one day there will be some safe, natural resolution to my hollow, sunken eyes but the realistic me realizes I will never have back the natural shape and contour of my eyes...regret is a terrible feeling. Thanks for listening.
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