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I developed severe dry eye following my lower blepharoplasty

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Beware if You Have a Complication!

Your first clue something is not as it seems should be his picture on his website. In reality, the doctor is at least 20 years older than he appears in that photo. I developed severe dry eye following my lower bleph and was stunned by what I perceived to be the doctor's unsympathetic reaction to me when I came to him in terrible pain. When I said this wasn't what I expected, he responded, "What did you expect?" I said - "For you to help me!" Hint: When you have to plead with a doctor to help you, something has gone very wrong. Not to mention a doctor you paid a lot of money to. And then, when I asked him why this had happened in the first place, he informed me it was because I was "getting old." Gee, I wish he had told me that BEFORE the surgery. I definitely would have gone elsewhere. Also, I was injected with botox in my crow's feet 2-months post-op, and my dry eye symptoms began exactly 2 weeks following those injections. Pre-surgery, I had an eye exam from an ophthalmologist who diagnosed minimal dry eye in one eye - that's it. So before anyone agrees to botox so soon after surgery to the same muscle, I urge you to research this.

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Jeffrey Schiller, MD

Jeffrey Schiller, MD

Oculoplastic Surgeon, Board Certified in Ophthalmology

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Hi are your dry eyes better now ?
Thank you for asking. I went from sitting in his office with him cruelly and coldly telling me I had zero tear film and how bad that was, to vastly improved. He stupidly injected me w Botox in my crows feet 2 months post-op, which caused some paralysis of my blink reflex to an already traumatized ( from surgery) muscle). Once the Botox wore off, I was much better. But I had to pay a lot of money to other doctors for medical care and second opinions. I still have dry eye but it’s manageable w Rx drops and I’m grateful. Knowing how much worse it was.
His lower blep. procedure is the worst, an absolute nightmare and bad outcome.
What’s even worse is how badly he and his staff treated me when I developed dry eye. He was uncaring, and tried to blame this new condition on a system immune disease that causes dry eye. I’d never had any symptoms of that disease previously. How a doctor treats you when there is a complication separates the good from the BEWARE.
And yes, his procedure is totally outdated along w his cranky and misogynistic bedside manner. When I started pursuing revision surgery, I met the doctor I wish I’d gone to. I so regret not knowing more when I started this journey.
I know I feel the same. I got scars from his lower blep. Who gets scars from a lower blep. these days? I wish I had never gone to him. I could have had this done without any incision, and gotten a cheek lift with fat transfer. The healing time is 10-14 days and you can go out in public and look normal. The process of healing from this was horrific to me. My eyes have never felt the same. Don't like the change of shape either. So mad, because i just didn't know and thought going to an oculoplastic surgeon was a safe bet. Not really understanding how he was going to do this procedure was my ignorance. I just wish there had been more reviews on here. I have only noticed in the last year that some negative reviews are being posted.
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