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The cost is cheaper than a bleph? I've been doing research as to the cost and it's $1500-$4000... I was expecting somewhere from 8000 to 10000. Though that could be the price range of docs in the Ramirez class. However, I would consider going to a good occuplastic surgeon to have this done. And I'm finding out it could be covered by insurance if you have dry eye syndrome... which I have! I put eye drops multiple times a day in my eyes to relieve dryness and redness..... who knew this was a result of my sagging eye anatomy. :)
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I don't like his results. In the second photo his eyes make him look like a woman. Err...wait... is that a woman? If it is then the results are good. I just thought dude = man. As for insurance paying for the procedure, I have dry eye syndrome as well and thought of getting palate graft to my lower lids to lift them up as recommended for me- but the thing is I'd have to use a doctor within my network and the doctors I'd want to use are not in it. Eye surgery is not something I would risk with just anyone my insurance happens to work with.
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^^ be careful with that procedure. I had ear cartilage placed in my lower lids and you could actually see the outline of it. plus, it didn't really achieve much and also didn't feel right.
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marky wrote:^^ be careful with that procedure. I had ear cartilage placed in my lower lids and you could actually see the outline of it. plus, it didn't really achieve much and also didn't feel right. Wow, it's so rare to find someone who's actually has done that procedure. I haven't been able to find a single person who's had it done. Was afraid it might be seen since the skin there is so thin. I wonder why your doctor chose to use ear cartilage on your lower lid & the doctor I saw only gave me the option of a graft from the upper palate of my mouth. Do you know why that is? Did it at least help with your dry eye syndrome? This is the only online photo I've been able to find of palatte graft to the lower eyes- but this woman also had other procedures. The only other photos I've seen of this procedure was in the doctor's office that recommended it for me back when I lived in Canada. http://www.la-plastic-surgery.com/gallery/popup_midface3.html
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Revolver wrote:The cost is cheaper than a bleph? I've been doing research as to the cost and it's $1500-$4000... I was expecting somewhere from 8000 to 10000. Though that could be the price range of docs in the Ramirez class. However, I would consider going to a good occuplastic surgeon to have this done. And I'm finding out it could be covered by insurance if you have dry eye syndrome... which I have! I put eye drops multiple times a day in my eyes to relieve dryness and redness..... who knew this was a result of my sagging eye anatomy. :) I think you're right to consider an oculoplastic specialist. I think you're also right to explore insurance coverage, and just because it's covered doesn't mean the outcome would necessarily be inferior. It just depends on the physician and the success of your communication with him or her. You definitely want someone who is very, very familiar with the local anatomy and has performed a lot of the procedures. I really believe that more procedures performed is a good predictive variable, among others, for success.
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This woman had a pretty dramatic lift. One side looks a tad higher than the other. It must be difficult to get this procedure precise.
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^ damn that really illustrates how dramatic the lift was.
Revolver...THIS is what you need.
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cybergirl wrote:This woman had a pretty dramatic lift. One side looks a tad higher than the other. It must be difficult to get this procedure precise. it's pretty common for one eye to be higher than the other slightly. this patient had the higher eye from birth.
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Denton wrote:
it's pretty common for one eye to be higher than the other slightly. this patient had the higher eye from birth.
Yes exactly! I have that going on.
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Its common but its usually not noticeable in most people. Like I have only think i've meet ONE person who had one eye higher than the other to the point where it had a real impact on his looks.
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I know some people with one eye higher than the other, or slightly larger than its' twin. Think it makes them look very interesting, especially on film on in photos. Enigmatic.
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My eyes are asymmetric, in person they are not that noticeable but in pictures they look demented.
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That's interesting. It must the optics of photographs. Can think of one woman I know who in person the assymetry of her eyes is not that noticeable, but appears more skewed in photos. She''s self-conscious about it, personally I think it makes her look more interesting.
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delilah wrote:Wow, it's so rare to find someone who's actually has done that procedure. I haven't been able to find a single person who's had it done. Was afraid it might be seen since the skin there is so thin. I wonder why your doctor chose to use ear cartilage on your lower lid & the doctor I saw only gave me the option of a graft from the upper palate of my mouth. Do you know why that is? Did it at least help with your dry eye syndrome? This is the only online photo I've been able to find of palatte graft to the lower eyes- but this woman also had other procedures. The only other photos I've seen of this procedure was in the doctor's office that recommended it for me back when I lived in Canada. http://www.la-plastic-surgery.com/gallery/popup_midface3.html I have a feeling that an upper palate graft would probably be better. though I wouldn't risk it unless really necessary. I didn't have dry eye syndrome; I got it done for purely cosmetic reasons. waste of time & money
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