Scheduled for Upper and Lower Blepharoplasty on June 27,2016 - Huntsville, AL

Well thank you. I finally got my eyes straightened out. That filler was just horrible and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone for under eye area. Just make sure and look at lots of before and after pics and make sure you are on the same page as your surgeon. I felt comfortable that Dr. Durst knew what he was doing and overall I am pleased with my outcome but wish it could have been just a tad more dramatic. That's not exactly the word I'm looking for but I mean he was just a little too conservative on my eyes but at least they still look ok and he didn't mess them up. Healing was not really that bad. Not very painful at all, but I was allergic to the eye drops and was using them for a week before I went to get stitches out and that caused me a LOT of itching!!! I thought it might be normal cuz I had no idea. I'd never had my eyes done before. But nope, I was allergic to drops. Once I stopped them, itching stopped. There was never really much pain. Let me know if I can answer anything else for you :). Good luck with your research and hope you find a good surgeon!! I don't regret doing this one bit!!!

It was Dr. David Durst in Huntsville, Alabama. I searched my local area and couldn't find anyone that I trusted with my eyes, and he had about a dozen before and after pics on here that looked good. I also considered Dr. Yates at Dunagan Yates and Allison in Huntsville but the ladies in that office were not very helpful on the front end of the surgery. Every time I'd call with a question, they'd just cup their hand over the phone and yell "it's that lady from Nashville calling!!" So I figured if they act that way before surgery, heaven help me if I have issues after the surgery. Dr. Durst is a good surgeon and I trusted him, he just might have been a little too conservative with my Upper and lower too. But I know that's better than overdoing and leaving Upper hollow and lower pulling eyelid down, so I knew he was a conservative guy going in. He's just straightforward, no fluff or sugar coating anything, and I liked that about him. He also has his own operating room in his office and uses anesthesia folks who work at the local hospital. My little guy was so cute and sweet. I'm terrified of needles and he did great putting in the IV. I was still awake when they rolled me into OR and he put a mask on my face and said breathe, this is just oxygen, but it was something to put me out I guess. I remember looking around the OR and it was very modern and the light above the table was about a million watts it seemed. Anyway, I'm probably getting a facelift in March in Asheville, NC so that's my next adventure. I may or may not have my eyes re-done. Lowers could be a little more lifted I think, but I will see what Dr. Harley thinks when I have my consultation in January.

If you're considering blep, I highly recommend the videos done by Ali.... can't think of her last name... she's married to George Stephanopolis... There are about 5 videos on realself that she did along her process from before to totally healed after. Those helped me a lot. Good luck with your search for a surgeon and let me know if there is anything else I can answer for you.

Yeah....what made you call That ps office ~ divine providence, a referral? Looks like it's doing the trick. Can't wait for Dr Biesman to show up on your site and chime in on how to fix the problem just like he did a yr ago. Clean hands, don't know who the injecting fool was or the dufus doc who claimed it wasn't filler, but lots of unsolicited advice. Isn't he a hoot?

He's something that's for sure!!

I knew it WAS filler, no matter what he or anyone else told me!!!

Grace, I've just got to look him up now...

Hi tsbitash i wonder how you still doing with u recoop,hope you better

I'm still healing. Some days I have bags under my eyes, then some days I don't. I think the bags are from filler I had previously and I'm trying to get it removed. After one appointment they are much better. I'm hoping after my second appointment the filler will be all gone and then I will be able to assess the results of my lower lids. I'm very happy with upper lids though. Thanks for asking and I hope you are doing great!!

Like Tabitha, I too live in Nashville and I, too, had a consult with her PS "injector". I disliked everything about him~ demeanor, solutions, protocol for procedures he proposed. Everything struck me as all wrong for me. In addition he has a very busy practice doing injectables. For an oculoplastic surgeon he has an overwhelming number of his RS reviews for fillers, botox, lasers of various sorts. That alone struck me as odd but my meeting with him sealed the "no way" deal.

Oh, and I should have added..... when I see an PS who also almost alwasys adds on brow lifts to his Blephs or almost always does his blephs in a way that seems to require at ton of botox or fillers "for life" I wonder if he's not purposely doing a half-a$$ed job of his lifts in the interest of mo money, mo money. Cynical, yes. Untrue, probably not.

Grace you are SO insightful!!

Grace, I'm having the same problem with oculoplastic surgeons here in the UK and it's making me lose all confidence in their surgical skills and ethics when they propose fillers, fat transfers and botox instead of actual (revision) surgery. One suggested Plexr, even though she had previously quoted me for surgery (she'd just bought the new machine, and had to practise on it/make it pay). One (non-eye) surgeon suggested CO2 laser for upper eyelid scarring, which I can't find any info on, so I think I'd be his guinea pig. Seems they don't want the hassle of performing surgery when they can spend a few minutes making easy money on injectables and lasers. We don't even know the long-term effects of all these procedures.

When you look at PS photos of eye work take a long look at their Male post ops. For some reason they seem to do a consistent, good job on this cohort of patients. And they do it without botox, fillers or brow lifts. I think it is that men are not going to become slaves to "maintenance" and if the results aren't good just based on surgical efficacy then they are going to have an unhappy patients which is not good for PR. So they seem to be very capable under the right circumstances! And btw, most men have low brows and even in these "tiny work spaces" they still get great improvement without brow or injectable add-ons.

Hi petaross, maybe it was how I approached my initial consultations but I just stated "I want these bags gone please", (oh and "I don't have a neck", but that came later). Neither of my consults suggested anything other than the surgery I requested. And it felt like blood out of a stone when I did ask my surgeon (who trains others) about injectables. Perhaps he could see I wasn't that type of beauty person or something (don't know quite what I'm saying about myself there, but it doesn't sound very flattering!) From extensive reading on Realself I don't think I'd try any of these things now - everything seems to affect some people badly, so I'm really wary.
Grace, I think you could be right about many Drs' attitudes to male surgery. Maybe my surgeon sensed my scepticism over the beauty industry in general (I've never had faith in lotions and potions). I wanted a practical solution to a physical problem - oozing fat and excess skin! Maybe I just got lucky. I know I would not have had faith in a surgeon that tried to sell me that stuff in answer to my initial query. At that time I didn't even know surgeons involved themselves with all that! (Naive...)

I'm trying to get my head around why surgeons feel that it is acceptable to sign us (yes, it seems to be mainly women) up to a lifetime of expensive and potentially dangerous "injectables" (poison etc) and lasers. They have trained as surgeons, so why not stick to surgery? Of course surgery is risky (as I know to my cost), but at least it is just cutting and pasting human tissue, so it seems somehow more natural (!). And hopefully it is, or should be if all goes well, a one-off procedure.
Like you Eyebaglady, I wasn't previously aware that surgeons offered all this (as well as the obligatory expensive skincare - more lifetime "maintenance"), not being a beauty-parlour type of person. I'm afraid that, rationally or not, It does make me doubt their surgical abilities and morals if they seem overly interested in selling all these "extras" - and if it serves to make their surgery look more impressive in before and after photos, then that's a bit dishonest too. It's hard work cutting through all this cr4p and trying to find the skilled AND ethical surgeons, who don't just see you as a way to fund their lifestyles. Even though they are cosmetic surgeons, they should stick to their oath of doing no harm, and shouldn't take advantage of us. Rant over (for now).

I've been calling every office in this city for years, literally. Friday I guess I just got lucky!!! I'm so glad though because as you know, these procedures aren't cheap and I wanted my eyes to look good after my Bleph but they were never going to with that filler under them!!! There is still a tiny amount left but I go back later this week and if she resolves this, I'm going to be her customer for life!!!!

Aww you're so sweet :) Yes today was a good day but I guarantee tomorrow or at least the next day, I'll wake up and look like I've been beaten by a boxer in the ring!!?? It's crazy!!! But the one thing I realize now, that just occurred to me, is when I squint, it still feels tender and sore under my eyes... So I'm thinking the swelling might be legit. And will hopefully disappear as time goes on. How are you doing?? Hope you are recovering well!!

I have this all to look forward to! Yes, squinting does feel 'like a bruise', doesn't it? I'm not having many changes, so haven't updated, but will do so today. Saw my behind-ear scars in close up photo on Wed & was bit shocked. Sent photos to PS & also 'Ask a Dr' on here (was evening) to find out if infected. Both said 'Not', thank god but on here Dr used the word 'contaminated' & to be careful. It's all to do with that stupid face bra eating my fleas behind & under my ears I think. (Woo, typo - that's 'flesh', but far too good to correct!) I'm not good at publicly sharing in realtime, (coward again) but will do so soon. I just needed someone who knows what an infected wound looks like to see them!

Oh no... I hope it's ok!! I bet you can't wait to burn that face bra!! Let us know how you are doing, and yes, be careful!!

Thank you!! But tomorrow or the next day those darn bags will be back!l That's how my lowers are acting!! How are you doing?? Hope all is well with you in Cali :)

Pretty good, thanks for asking! I'm really enjoying wearing eye makeup and having it last all day and not disappear and streak between the folds :P. But I wanted a more dramatic result, and my lids are slightly asymmetric so I am looking forward to a possible revision. Hopefully today's look will be the norm for you now! :)

I hope so... but this procedure has taught me that cautious optimism should be the norm!!

Thank you!! I hope the lowers continue to improve and the eye bags resolve for good one day. I sure hope things are going better for you there in the sunshine state!!!

Aww, hopefully we will both have more good days than bad going forward :) All the best to you pretty lady!! :)

Yours might be a bruise?? I had filler under my eyes and it won't go away!!! I'm making progress but a little filler still remains. Hope your recovery continues to go well and that you have great results!!