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My eyes look worse than before surgery

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Butchered my Eyes

sugarbee67
$8,000
Upper and lower Bleph. Over 6 months post-surgery and my eyes look worse than before surgery. My bags are unchanged, if not worse, and now I have visible scars under my eyes, permanent redness, bumps and now my lower lids are pulled down exposing my inner rims. Horrible.

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Stella Desyatnikova, MD

Stella Desyatnikova, MD

Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon

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Replies (3)

May 15, 2025
Hi, I’m so sorry this happened to you. Was the doctor able to fix it or maybe even another surgeon was able to help you?
May 15, 2025
Oh thank you for your kind words. ❤️ No, Dr. Stella was horrible to me and wouldn’t fix anything. And I haven’t been able to afford to see a new doctor, plus I’m afraid now. The surgery was the worst mistake of my life. It’s been 18 months and my lower lids are scarred and still pulled downward - worst of all the “dissolving stitches” didn’t dissolve for a year (dr. Stella insisted there were no stitches left! but l literally pulled them out a year later!) so I have scars like piercings if you can picture that- tunnels - tubes that swell and collect goo I have to squeeze out -under my eyes. It’s really hideous. I am so mad at myself for thinking I needed plastic surgery. And trusting Dr. Stella to take care of me and do a good job. I was so stupid.
May 16, 2025
I just saw this and wonder how you’re doing. Have you considered revision surgery somewhere like Korea or Turkey where it would be a fraction of the cost in the US?
You’d have to do the research all over again but I think from what I can see that your eyes are very fixable.
For what it’s worth, although you are obviously the final judge of the work, it really doesn’t look that bad to me.

Please don’t be discouraged. You will find a way to get the results you want.