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Bye Bye Bags - San Antonio, TX
UPDATED FROM Wwwangels
3 months post
3 months post op
WORTH IT$4,200
Things are still getting better. My scars have faded to red lines- almost unnoticeable. I still have some malar funkiness going on. Boo hiss. But the doc says he believes it will go away. So far I'm pretty happy with the results. One eye looks better than the other, but my lids look FABULOUS. $4,200 worth of happy? Not yet, more like $3,500 worth of happy. But maybe in another 3 months everything will smooth out completely. Update in 3 months.
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S
November 11, 2013
Your eyes look beautiful! Your posts are so informative and amusing! Thank you for all of the great info. I am healing and on day 12. I will be thrilled to look as great as you soon!
W
November 11, 2013
Hi Stella, thanks! The swelling is still decreasing a tiny bit every week. But watch out when you don't get enough sleep or eat to much salt, you'll be singing the "Hello Eye Bags, My Old Friends" song. I hope your healing goes well and I bet you will look fabulous.
UPDATED FROM Wwwangels
19 days post
19 days post op Looking Better
When I said I wanted younger eyes, I didn't mean I wanted them to have pimples. But, that's what I'm fighting right now. It seems eyelids love to get little pimples as they heal. Oh well. At least I'm starting to be happy with my operation. There is still some swelling and one eye looks a lot better than the other as far as the bags are concerned. Hopefully the other will catch up as more swelling subsides. My vision is no longer blurry and I've been driving for about a week. There is no discomfort left, but my eyelids feel numb when I put on mascara.
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R
July 30, 2013
wow your eyes look great now, sorry it took a while to get there but you have arrived!
W
July 30, 2013
Thanks! But I'm not completely happy...yet. That darn left eye still wants to fight with me on giving up the bag, but I think it's only a matter of time. I'm fairly happy with the other eye. My hope is in another month I'll be batting my eyes in the mirror and saying, "Your eyes, darling. They look marvelous. Do not change a thing." Preferably said in a Russian or Hungarian accent.
N
July 30, 2013
You do look so much better...! Believe me it does take time. Try to get your mind off of it as much as possible...The more I obsessed about it (looking in a mirror 50x a day), the less it healed. You will not see the complete results for at least another 6 months. The left eye will get better, but give it time...take it from me I've done it 3 times (blephs)!.
W
July 30, 2013
Thanks, Nancee, it helps to get the inside scoop on what to expect from someone who has been through the experience. I know what you mean about checking in the mirror all the time. I've never been as vain about my appearance as I am right now. Were any of your blephs revisions? Not that I'm at the point that I'm worrying about doing a revision. Just curious.
N
July 31, 2013
I had a bleph in my early forties and it lasted real long. In my late fifties I started to notice very slight bags...I prob. should have not had them done again because my PS put some fat in my eyes and one of them looked weird, so I had a revision. I am 65 now and look ok..becareful of fat implants and fillers!
W
July 31, 2013
Good to know. Thanks. At least the first one lasted a long time. Growing old is good, the alternative is dying. But looking old sucks.
W
July 31, 2013
Wow, I sounded so vain. I always said I'd grow old gracefully. (Throws hands in the air) LOL, guess not.
N
July 31, 2013
The first one was the best and lasted I long time. In fact, it could have lasted forever, but I was too fussy. I should have left well enough alone because the second time my left eye did not come out the way it should. I am 65 now and everything is fine...again watch out for fat implants and fillers...please keep us updated. By Christmas, I bet you will look just the way you want!!!
JR
July 31, 2013
Ha ha! wwwangels, I literally just laughed out loud (LLOL?).
Thanks for the tip, nancee. I honestly never considered having the bags come back later in life...
N
July 31, 2013
yes...most PS' will warn you that after your surgery you will continue to age, you just set back the clock. However, I was prob too finicky and really didn't need it. I am happy w my eyes at 65, now it is time to pick up my jowls! LOL
JR
July 31, 2013
I haven't decided what to obsess over now that my eye bags are gone ;) I know it will be something... Hopefully something easier and cheaper to fix! Good luck with the jowls :)
MI
UPDATED FROM Wwwangels
9 days post
9 days post op Hello Bags, I See You're Still Here
Had the ends of my stitches pulled a couple of says ago. I said to the nurse, "I thought these were dissolvable."
"We'll, they are and aren't."
What's that supposed to mean? I'm an information hound and cryptic words are only my friends when I read mystery novels.
So, the swelling is going down and I look less like The Godfather every day. The process is s-l-o-o-o-o-w. if someone says you can be back to work in 3 or 4 days (or even out of the house in 7), you'd better be some young 20 year-old or those numbers just don't apply. Yesterday was the first day I could even see without my eyes watering. And that stinking chemosis (in both eyes now) is just starting to go down. I won't even get started on the HUGE bags under my eyes. Well that was $4,000 well spent. I'm just plain grumpy that I still look like crap. This should get better. Correction, this better get better.
"We'll, they are and aren't."
What's that supposed to mean? I'm an information hound and cryptic words are only my friends when I read mystery novels.
So, the swelling is going down and I look less like The Godfather every day. The process is s-l-o-o-o-o-w. if someone says you can be back to work in 3 or 4 days (or even out of the house in 7), you'd better be some young 20 year-old or those numbers just don't apply. Yesterday was the first day I could even see without my eyes watering. And that stinking chemosis (in both eyes now) is just starting to go down. I won't even get started on the HUGE bags under my eyes. Well that was $4,000 well spent. I'm just plain grumpy that I still look like crap. This should get better. Correction, this better get better.
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W
July 21, 2013
Please kept posting your results. You are giving such a honest report,and you are a crack-up too! Very funny lady!
W
July 22, 2013
Thanks, Wilburose. I actually write young adult novels and that's the writing voice I use. Nope, no sales yet from my current agent, so I'm out on the prowl for a new one. My eyes are looking better everyday, so I'm over the grumpy stage. I even get to go grocery shopping tomorrow. Boy, I didn't miss doing that.
N
July 21, 2013
You'll be fine...it takes a long time before you see the results and looking at your photos, I can see you've had extensive work...remember, no pain, no gain. Take it from me a 65 year old who's had 3 blephs starting in my forties...there is a lot of tweaking they can do if you are not completely satisfied, but my guess is, wait it out and you will be satisfied....I've been there, so I know your anxiety n pain!
W
July 22, 2013
You are so right. After that last update , things started to look better. It just takes so danged long. 3 blephs! You, my friend, are much braver than I. Thanks for the your upbeat words. They help more than you know.
R
July 22, 2013
Glad your eyes are looking better. Once all the swelling goes down you will be so happy you did it. So, I am at 11 days post op and it seems like the healing is starting to speed up for me too. Finally looking like the old me, without the 'old' part. Lol. still bruising on top of cheek bones and a little tightness around eyes. Now have longer periods of time where my eyes don't water as much and I can see clearly again. For me, my eyes are so blurry the first hour after waking up but it's probably because of the ointment that I apply to the scars. Do your eyes tire more easily? By 1pm I'm ready to close them and take a nap! Hopefully this will go away as I'm back at work in a few days. Thanks again for your updates, I look forward to reading them. You are such a good author!
W
July 22, 2013
Thanks, Rose. Yep, mornings are hazy,but it gets better as the day continues. The watering went away about 3 days ago. Thank goodness. Then I pick up a book today and what do I see? Squiggly lines that once were words. Sweet! Reading glasses really keep me looking young, said no one ever. Oh well, hopefully my sight will clear up. My eyes do get a little tired after a few hours. By the evening when it's time for bed, I'm ready to close the peepers. They feel like I've been wearing contacts too long (back before I had LASIK. Best operation. Ever). Keep me up to date on your recovery. We are the same days post op so it's interesting to compare notes.
R
July 22, 2013
Oh no, I was a bad girl last night. Thought healing was going well so got together with a friend and had a glass of wine and some cigarettes. BIG MISTAKE. This morning my eyes are so swollen again! Can't believe how stupid I was! Not a good idea to drink and smoke when still recovering!!
W
July 22, 2013
Ugh, bummer. Glad I passed in the bottle of wine I was eyeing the other night. Luckily I don't smoke. Drink a lot of water and maybe it will help clean out your system. Hope you at least had a good time!
R
July 29, 2013
How are you doing? Hope all is healing well. I still have swelling and slight bruising on top of cheekbones. Also still have the tight feeling in eyes but I had corrugator muscle resection too. Will be 3 weeks post op on Wednesday. Getting impatient!!
W
July 30, 2013
I posted an update. There is still swelling in my lower face (hey! where did those jowls come from? Oh,THAT'S we're you put that extra fat from my bags). Also one eye is still baggy. I'm willing to be patient, but if doesn't go away, my doc and I are going to have words. The agreement was I fork over part of my son's college money and you make me look fabulous--as in NO bags. Just kidding about stealing from my son's college fund. I took it from my grocery budget. LOL. Kidding on that too.
R
July 30, 2013
You look great! Your eyes are beautiful! The swelling should go soon. My eyes look good but I also have swelling that makes one eye look baggy and one eye with a bruise. If I wear my glasses the rims cover this but I want to take them off any enjoy my look! Every morning I wake up and rush to the mirror to see if the swellings gone but no such luck as yet. So much for the 2 weeks recovery right? lol
W
July 30, 2013
Thanks, Rose. I rush to the mirror every morning as well. But I'd say there is about a 2% or 3% improvement everyday and at that rate we are looking at a loooooong time before we see the final results. 2 week recovery! Yeah, all the PS are laughing at that inside joke. I'm with you there on the baggy eye. Now I mean it when I say, "Take the picture from my good side."
R
I think you look great for two months out. I had bags that would come and go for the first few months. Icing in the morning helps, if you have time.
Ha ha I know what you mean- none of that stuff ever worked pre-op. But it really does work post-op! I think the eye creams work too- I had this puffy eye cream that did nothing for me before surgery, but I started using it after surgery and it seemed to make a huge difference.
CSI Recovery Eye Cream with Vitamin K & Arnica (I bought it online from Vitacost). It is under $20 too, which is nice. I think the arnica really helps with the puffs :)
I ran out a while ago and need to get more, so thanks for reminding me :)
Hey Marcy22- I had a general anesthesia, so I was out cold. I also had told the Anesthesiologist that I am very prone to motion sickness/nausea so they added some extra stuff to the IV so I wouldn't get sick when I woke up. My procedure took about an hour. I only had a lower bleph, though. You can read my review here, if you want. Have you scheduled your surgery or are you still shopping for Doctors?
Not sure what the name of the anesthesia was, but I also had the patch that I put on pre-op and some sort of pill that I took post-op in addition to whatever they added to the IV. The nurse gave me the patch and pill RX at my pre-op appointment. Hope that helps!
Yeah the general was the scariest part of it for me too. Did your throat hurt after you woke up? Mine felt crazy, I'm guessing from the breathing tube.
My eyelids didn't hurt at all, but I didn't have an upper. Awesome that they gave you some more meds to help with the burning. I just remember waking up with an icepack thing on my eyes and feeling really happy that it was over.