eyebags surgery good/bad results?
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free skin care · Sun Oct 03, 2010 6:28 pm

DarkMoon wrote:

Does the upper get rid of droopy lids, or is it for something else Keliu? I am such a procedure virgin it's not funny! LOL If it helps with that I might have to save up!!! Smile

That was the basic reason I had the surgery. My eyelids were resting over my eyelashes and were disturbing my vision. I used to feel that I had to walk around with my eyebrows raised up to relieve the "pressure". It's so worth getting done.

Also, I have to tell you a funny story. When I was living in China, I used to go shopping every evening. The large department stores at the time were running a promotion for the little patches that were applied around the eyes to get rid of eyebags. The minute I entered the store, I had a chorus of Chinese beauticians shreeking "yandai!, yandai!, yandai!" (eyebag! eyebag! eyebag!) I was then accosted and sat on a stool and made to wear these patches for 10 minutes. The whole thing was so humiliating because a huge crowd would gather to see this Westerner sitting there with the patches on! So, in the end, I went and bought a pare of tinted glasses so I could shop in peace.

But I swore to myself that the minute I got home I was going to go and get my eyes fixed - so I did and I'm very happy I did!

free skin care · Tue Oct 05, 2010 9:07 am

I had an upper and lower bleph over 2 years ago and it is the best thing I have ever done. It tightened up my upper lids so I don't have to hold them up to put on eye makeup. It took the tired under-eye luggage off and smoothed out the lines. Now my hubby wants to have it done someday.
My doc said it is permanant and that I will not have to do it again.
Recovery was about 14 days on the eyes and 6 weeks on the swelling, stiches and laser redness to fade.
Best thing I ever did!

free skin care · Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:57 am

Yes, it was inside my lower eyelid, cannot be seen at all.

free skin care · Sun Oct 10, 2010 8:40 pm

I just had eye lift surgery done 3 weeks ago. I didn't have the lower eyes done, just the lids. It cost me $1600 for both eyes; it was done in the dr's office so I didn't have to be put to sleep. I'm very happy with the results so far, but am obviously still healing. The incision is in the fold of your eye, so once it has faded it shouldn't be noticeable. The surgeon I went to believes in doing a longer incision rather than a shorter one. Some surgeons won't extend the incision past the corner of your eye. What mine explained was that, if needed, he will extend the incision. The way he said it was that he would rather have a longer incision that will eventually fade than have a shorter incision, but end up with your skin folding at the corner of your eyes. Even though I am still swollen, my eyes feel much lighter. I used to feel like I had a truck sitting on my eye brows - that feeling is completely gone now.
I had one eye that required more work than the other. The left eye's incision was longer and it is still a little noticeable. Your eye lids are red looking. It looks like you're wearing eye shadow. It will fade back to normal skin tone though. I also looked like I have been beaten up, but in addition to the swelling on my eye lids, I had one eye that went really black. It didn't hurt, just looked terrible. The only thing I wasn't prepared for was my vision was blurry for a number of days. I wish I had known to expect that. My surgeon told me that that is more common with people who have had their under eyes done - I'm always one to be different !! I couldn't read and felt a little dizzy and nauseous because my vision was so off. BUT ... It only lasted for a couple of days and I was able to read and get on the computer again. I still have to use lubricating drops to help with dry eyes.
Plastic surgey is such a personal thing. I wouldn't recommend it if it wasn't something that really bothered you, but I am really happy I had mine done. I won't know for another couple of months just how good the results will be, but already they look a lot better than they did. No regrets here !

free skin care · Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:45 pm

DarkMoon wrote:

Time2Bme,

One other question if you don't mind, what area are you located in? Just curious as to price range. I thought it would be higher, although I haven't looked into it yet!

TIA

I live in Ottawa, Ontario. I know that it is cheaper because it is a procedure that is done in his office. My family doctor recommended him; he did her eyes as well. She told me that several of her girlfriends have gone to see him and she has referred any patients interested in the procedure to him as well. The way she described him was:
- he is a sweetheart
- he does great work
- for the price, he can't be beat.

Thu Oct 14, 2010 3:15 pm

Having Blepharoplasty -upper and lower tomorrow morning, 10/15/10- very nervous, very excited. 45 yr old- using a very well known NYC P.S. not to mention very pricey! Just looking for some advise on post-op care. Thanks guys! Bye Bye from a very rainy New York.

free skin care · Tue Nov 30, 2010 4:57 pm

MyBestFriend wrote:

I work in surgery and no, we don't tape the eyes closed when the patient is having blepharoplasty done. All other surgeries, yes.

I didn't mean that they tape the eyes shut for bleph surgery - I meant for all other types of operations. If the eyes were taped shut for a bleph, they wouldn't be able to operate!

free skin care · Sat Dec 04, 2010 3:07 am

butterfliesandflowers wrote:

That's brilliant time2bme! So pleased you finally got to the bottom of the eye opening.

Well I'm still deciding what to do. My consultation went well, but there are so many horror stories of what can go wrong on the internet, I just don't know. Arghh.

Every procedure that I have ever looked into on the internet has a horror story - and I mean EVERY one. I bet if I were to start a website on the disasters that can happen with using a hairdryer it would be flooded with people saying that they had set fire to their hair (which can happen BTW). Just go with your instincts and if you really want to get it done, go for it - I'm sure everything will be fine.

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