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Lower Eyelid Surgery
TBICKFORDOctober 10, 2018
$3,800
I had septoplasty and lower eyelid surgery. It is now just over 3 weeks. Had to be referred to another surgeon because eyelid now doesn’t touch my eyeball. My face is scarred. Bumps where there shouldn’t be bumps. I’m devastated to say the least. I wish I had not done this !!!!!
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4 weeks and 4 days post op
TBICKFORDOctober 22, 2018
Still very unhappy And regret that I ever did this surgery. Looks worse than before I did it. Waste of money. And more to be spent. :( that I don’t have ! Doctor visits every two weeks. Bigger bags than before smh
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October 22, 2018
I’m so sorry your doctor is incompetent and messy. From all the great lower eyelid blepharoplasty outcomes I’ve seen here, the one thing I’ve noticed is great doctors are conservative with the amount of skin they remove, and many use tape and/or sutures attaches to tape suspended from the eyebrow region to keep the lower lids in optimal healing position against the eyeball. And their suture work is nearly impeccable. Your doctor lacks the surgical skills necessary for this delicate surgery. Please see a board certified occuloplastic surgeon to see if your eyes can be repaired. Don’t let this one near you again.
October 22, 2018
I am so sorry. Don't give that "surgeon" another dime! See an occuloplastic surgeon as soon as possible. I think you are in Indiana? I am sure Chicago has an Occuloplasic surgeons or Minneapolis. Per haps you can do a payment plan.
October 22, 2018
He sent me to occuloplastic surgeon at his hospital . He hasn’t even seen this InPerson. Just pics I sent cause I wasscared to death. He said oh that’s normal. Then sent me to His friend he said can fix it. Yeah at my expense
October 24, 2018
It's not supposed to be away from the eye like that...so sorry you experienced incompetency.
October 27, 2018
You have malar bags/festoons and not fat herniated eye bags. It looks like your surgeon just did a regular transconjuctival blepharoplasty, which isn't going to correct the festoons/malar bags, and likely just make them more obvious.
For festoons/malar bags you should see someone really experienced. I'd look into Dr. Gupta or Dr. Asaadi in NYC, they have a great deal of experience with these.
There's also Dr. Scheiner who treats festoons from skin laxity and sun damage with CO2 resurfacing, but there's a lot of doctors performing that procedure.
For festoons/malar bags you should see someone really experienced. I'd look into Dr. Gupta or Dr. Asaadi in NYC, they have a great deal of experience with these.
There's also Dr. Scheiner who treats festoons from skin laxity and sun damage with CO2 resurfacing, but there's a lot of doctors performing that procedure.
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I am so sorry to hear about your complications from your surgeries. Do you think that your septoplasty contributed to your problems with your lower bleph?
Did your surgeon tell you why you have the bumps under your eyes? What do you suppose caused this?
I sure wish you the best in your recovery, and thank you for sharing your journey!