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Upper Eyelid Surgery
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Upper Eyelid Surgery
$3,836
For years I had “puffy eyelids” and it was a concern for me and my appearance. In 2012 I started seeing and eyelid specialist. For years he monitored my eyelids and couldn’t tell me what was the cause of the swelling or puffiness. I would ice it at night to see if the swelling would go down. He made me purchase steroids to inject in them to see if it will go down. Nothing was working. I asked to get the excess skin removed as it was making me look tired and heavy. He claimed because I was African Canadian, my skin would keloid and he wouldn’t recommend it. Which I have yet to read on any site.. but okay. I left it alone and didn’t return for about 4 years.
Eventually after taking a break from the specialist I went back and told him I want to get the upper lid surgery to remove the skin seeing how the puffiness didn’t increase and I just had excess fluid in my lids. Essentially I just wanted the fluid removed and a little bit of skin removed so I look normal again before the puffiness began.
At first, after the surgery I wasn’t sure how it was going to look. My skin was tight and it was bandaged up for a few days. I was beyond annoyed that they left the stitches in for 15 days, which seemed pretty long.
Once I got them removed, I noticed there was no symmetry of my eyes and the skin looked uneven where the cuts were made. I told myself i would give it some time to heal and maybe the scar would fade.
Now more than 19 months has passed and it’s not looking any better. I regret ever doing the surgery. On top of it looking awful, I think the doctor messed with my tear gland and I haven’t been able to cry since I’ve had the surgery! Not being able to cry is having a huge impact on my mental state and emotional well being. I feel so bad about how I look and on top of that I can’t even cry a single tear.
Biggest mistake of my life.
A few months ago I went to the specialist for a 1 year follow up and was in with his associate doctors and not him. She made me feel really bad about myself. When I expressed my concerns she belittled me and told me I knew the risks when I signed the waiver. I told her I don’t remember anywhere it stating that I MAY NEVER CRY again! She said that I have dry eye and I need to wash my eyes with baby shampoo and because I’m OLD my skin won’t be smooth. She was awful. I’ve never had a problem with crying before and my eyes would water just from the wind. She said that meant I have dry eyes. She was talking a whole bunch of garbage. I was so upset after the appointment.
I left and wanted to reschedule with the specialist who actually did the procedure. Not an associate doctor.
My appointment is next month. I don’t even know if I want to waste my time to go. He already messed up my eyes and I’m so upset about not being able to cry, the last appointment left me discouraged.
I just hope no one has to go through the same experience. I truly regret wasting my time and money. I look even more unattractive than I did before and there is such a drastic change.
I’m so sad. I can’t even cry or anything.
Eventually after taking a break from the specialist I went back and told him I want to get the upper lid surgery to remove the skin seeing how the puffiness didn’t increase and I just had excess fluid in my lids. Essentially I just wanted the fluid removed and a little bit of skin removed so I look normal again before the puffiness began.
At first, after the surgery I wasn’t sure how it was going to look. My skin was tight and it was bandaged up for a few days. I was beyond annoyed that they left the stitches in for 15 days, which seemed pretty long.
Once I got them removed, I noticed there was no symmetry of my eyes and the skin looked uneven where the cuts were made. I told myself i would give it some time to heal and maybe the scar would fade.
Now more than 19 months has passed and it’s not looking any better. I regret ever doing the surgery. On top of it looking awful, I think the doctor messed with my tear gland and I haven’t been able to cry since I’ve had the surgery! Not being able to cry is having a huge impact on my mental state and emotional well being. I feel so bad about how I look and on top of that I can’t even cry a single tear.
Biggest mistake of my life.
A few months ago I went to the specialist for a 1 year follow up and was in with his associate doctors and not him. She made me feel really bad about myself. When I expressed my concerns she belittled me and told me I knew the risks when I signed the waiver. I told her I don’t remember anywhere it stating that I MAY NEVER CRY again! She said that I have dry eye and I need to wash my eyes with baby shampoo and because I’m OLD my skin won’t be smooth. She was awful. I’ve never had a problem with crying before and my eyes would water just from the wind. She said that meant I have dry eyes. She was talking a whole bunch of garbage. I was so upset after the appointment.
I left and wanted to reschedule with the specialist who actually did the procedure. Not an associate doctor.
My appointment is next month. I don’t even know if I want to waste my time to go. He already messed up my eyes and I’m so upset about not being able to cry, the last appointment left me discouraged.
I just hope no one has to go through the same experience. I truly regret wasting my time and money. I look even more unattractive than I did before and there is such a drastic change.
I’m so sad. I can’t even cry or anything.
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