[rowzzr]

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[snelsen]

#1176059

Hi.
Did your mouth heal up well after the graft? I had the same procedure, both sides of palate, and both lower lids. All four were a total failure. It has taken over a year for one graft site to heal. My lower lids are as retracted as below, except now they are stiff, and not flexible at all. I had upper eyelid surgery recently, and the outcome is equally bad. So I have had six train wreck surgeries recently.
Yes, you can get upper eyelid surgery again after you have had it before.
I did, but the 2nd outcome was not as good as the first. I think in my case it was all surgeon related.
So I understand you are feeling about all of this. Me too.
Shirley

[oahz]

#1176060

hi rowzzr,

i am sorry to hear about your situation but i hope that your experience will help others.

I haven’t had any surgery yet so i cannot answer your question but hopefully you can answer mine.

what kind of thyroid disease do you have? fat enlargement, muscle enlargement or both? the CT Scan should tell.

how many mm of proptosis did you have on each eye pre op?

how many mm of reduction did the surgery done for each of your eyes?

do you know how many ml of fat your surgeon removed from each eye?

did you get double vision?

[hollygsmith]

#1176062

@rowzzer
I totally know how you feel. I had upper eyelid retraction repair at the beginning of November. For the first couple of weeks the lids looked fairly even, but then they started to heal differently. Now they are asymmetric by 1.5mm. They feel fantastic-so functionally they are better. But cosmetically the asymmetry definitely bothers me. One of my eyes actually looks normal again (after OD in May and the upper eyelid retraction repair). The other eye will be getting a slight revision. In my case it is slightly overcorrected so my surgeon will be raising it to match the one that looks normal for me. My surgeon wants to wait a full 4 months for swelling to go down before proceeding just in case there is any more movement of the lids.

If you just had your surgery this month it may be a little early to know where the final lid position is going to be, so hopefully it will improve some. My surgeon said you have a pretty good idea where the final position is going to be at the 6 week mark but there could be changes for up to 4 months. With eyelid retraction repair, my understanding is that it can take 2 to 3 surgeries to get the positioning of the lids right (both of my oculoplasts were very up front about this). I know how discouraging it can be to think of having another surgery, but hopefully you are through the worst of it with the eye disease.

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