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Hollow Nightmare - Peoria, IL

UPDATED FROM July4

Find a good facial plastic surgeon or eyelid surgeon for your eyes.

$4,500
I would trust Dr. Ronald Russo, Facial Plastic Surgeon at Rejuvinis in Champaign, Illinois. He has done a lot of revision work for me and I am really pleased with the results. He has also done some additional fat grafting to my eyelids.

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I agree. Only trust your eyes to an Occuloplastic surgeon and one who really only does eyes and brow lifts (not face lifts, not jowls, etc) In Los Angeles we have many excellent doctors. Dr. Michael Groth is at the top of the list, (he has a 6 month wait list for consultation) as well as Guy Massry, Dr. Cynthia Boxrud. I just had upper and lower blepharoplasty two weeks ago with Dr. Groth. He has very detailed instructions before and after, his nurse Stephanie is very detail oriented. He measures no less than 4 times (1st consult, 1 week pre-surgical consult, once sitting up day of surgery, and lying down). Don't be too concerned about droopiness and "overdone" lids in the first few weeks. Everything settles, the tightness goes away. At two weeks out, I am out in public- I had NO bruising except a bit of yellow on my cheekbones on day three. You must ice, ice, ice the first week and take it very easy. I am very pleased- I always had hooded eyes and it was getting so bad I had two, almost three folds on my upper lids and loss of elasticity below eyes. I look 5-10 years younger. Dr. Groth is THE specialist to see. Very precise, he loves what he does. Worth it finally!
UPDATED FROM July4

Hollow eyelids nightmare

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UPDATED FROM July4

Hollow Nighmare

Anyone can advertise that they are an eyelid expert. It does not mean they are any good at eyelid surgery or really have any artistic talent in it at all. Anyone can advertise they are an expert at anything. Watch out for this. Talk to people who have had work done by the Doctor you plan on choosing. Make sure you and the Doctor are "on the same page". If you bring photos to the Doctor show what you are expecting to look like, make sure he actually looks at them.

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Thank you for sharing this experience. I hope you find support from our community.

email me the name of the doctor if you would please. I have had a bad experience in Peoria as well
Hi, can you tell me who to avoid in Peoria Bloomington area? Spamkip25@yahoo.com
I'm looking into this procedure so I can see better. I'm not quite at the point where insurance will cover it but the eyelids drooping into my vision is making me crazy. Does the doctor practice in Bloomington as well? Just in case.
Hi there, so sorry to hear what you have been through! I wish these idiots knew what mental torture they cause by performing surgery they are not competent in!!! I do hope you are ok and your face and eyes are starting to look better. All the best L x
i feel so sad for you, however i have an suggestion for you. get botox or fillers (preferably juvederm because its natural) and have the dermatologist or doctor to fill in the hollow ( try an doctor or dermatologist in chicago, il they have more patients / traffic therefore they should be a bit more experienced (procedure is usually less than $1000.00 bucks).
if you want to see examples of this procedure go to www.youtube.com and look up/search fillers or juvederm to hollow of eyes or word it however you like hope this helps
Juvederm is not natural and there are very real risks involved in injecting botox & fillers...... risks that may not even be known yet. There is a motive for pushing injectibles...fast $$. Be very cautious about injecting anything in your body, but especially your face. Ever wonder why so few plastic surgeons have ever gotten plastic surgery? Just something to think about....
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