Amazing Change

Somehow I uploaded the wrong picture for my "after", so now I hope I put a correct one :-) Still feel great, my stitches were removed yesterday. Unfortunately I had an allergic reaction to after surgery ointment and now has to take more pills to get rid of this, but my eyes still look great!

I'm not a big writer and usually I don't give any reviews, but I decided to share my feelings about the amazing surgeon Dr. Silkiss. I had problems with my upper eye lids after having severe allergic reaction, allergic conjunctivitis. My eyes started to look old and tired and the most upsetting thing that I had no side view, it was blocked by my dropping eye lids. Fortunately I have great ophthalmologist Dr. Kutscher, who explained that I have ptosis and I need to have a surgery. He recommended the best surgeon in Bay Area Dr. Rona Silkiss, who specializes on eyes. When I scheduled the appointment with Dr. Silkiss I told her that I have a medical necessity to do the surgery and wasn't even thinking about cosmetic part of it. During the consultation Dr. Silkiss pointed out my puffy eye-lids and explained that for medical necessity she will not touch this part, but if I want it to look better I will also need another "cosmetic procedure" and I agreed right away. Now I have to explain who I am. I am a person, who is afraid of pain, who had very bad experience from previous surgery (hardly survived, spent 1 month at ICU with no hope for recovery) and so on. I would even say that I had some kind of PTSD on any kind of surgeries. And PAIN, even thinking of it brings my hot flashes back :-))) Dr. Silkiss was so calm, she said: "You will experience no pain at all, maybe some sore eyes, but that's the most" Somehow I trusted her and Thanks God I did!!!!!!

So, I signed up for Medical Necessity and Cosmetic part as well. The cosmetic part is not cheap, but trust me it's worth the money. Ask Dr. Silkiss' assistant while picking up where to have a surgery. I initially signed up for CPMC but I was offered to go to Walnut Creek and have a surgery at Aspen Surgical Center and it was a huge difference in money.

Now the most important part: I was told that it would be no general Anastasia but it will be a sedation. For me sedation worked like general Anastasia, I slept as a baby during the surgery and did not feel anything at all. The most surprising part was that I did not feel any pain even after the surgery, not at all. Before the surgery I prepared all possible over the counter pain killers, but I did not take even one pill. It was no need for it!!!! My eyes looked great on the second day after the surgery. I sent pictures to my friends and everyone was amazed how different I started to look. I look at least 10 years younger now!!!!

And now why I'm saying that Rona Silkiss is the best? Because her stitches are so accurate that you cannot even see them on the day of the surgery, I had no black eyes (as a lot of patients have), and the most important part is that she uses her brain and being creative while doing her job. I had permanent make up (the eyeliner is tattooed on my upper and lower lids) and if she would do the surgery on traditional way, my make up would be gone (at least the arrows at the end of the eyes) but she closed my eyes not traditionally, she closed them on the top of my tattoos. It was more difficult to do but she wanted me to look perfect and now I do!!!!

I know that it might be difficult to get a first appointment with Dr. Sillkiss but trust me she deserves to be waited for! She is simply amazing and I'm giving her 12 out of 10! Thank you Dr. Silkiss because of you I now have trust to the medical professionals again!