Wish he had been my original surgeon - so glad I found him now

I went to see Dr Z for help with a possible revision. My original surgeon, instead of giving my eyes a refresh so I looked like myself but rejuvenated, totally altered the shape and aperture of my eyes. I look like a different person. It is devastating.

Dr Z did not minimize this, as I had hoped. He acknowledged that I do have a different look and that I will need to process that and grieve it. He even gave me a therapist referral. It was extremely painful to hear the truth that I can see but want ppl to help me deny.

But he also told me that we can improve it a lot. I won't be exactly as I was (so painful) but I can get a lot better. He showed me pictures of his patients he did revision work on and gave me a lot of information. He also taught me some massage exercises I can do now, and had some suggestions for scar management.

I'm so glad I went to see him. I think it will make a material difference in my outcome to treat the scars now before too much time has passed. And while hearing the truth was very very painful, he was also reassuring that I'm not stuck and that I'm not technically botched in the sense of having medical problems.

I wish so much that I had seen him originally and that he had done my surgery the first time. He is smart and caring and super personable. So is his staff.