Retobulbar Hemorrhage after Blephorplasty
I had a bleph, browpexy, and ptosis repair scheduled. The first two procedures were complete when my surgeon diagnosed me with a retrobulbar henorrhage (bleeding behind the eye). The ptosis procedure was abandoned as this is an emergency in the eye surgery world. She had to do 2 extra procedures to get the blood out of the retrobulbar space. I am now left with a non opening and very very swollen eyelid on the left. Has anyone had this happen? I am told it may take a year for my eye to recover and even then I will be left with a very droopy eye. This was a cosmetic, elective surgery and I look way worse now than when I went in. The chances of this happening is 0.05% and this had never happened to this surgeon in 15 years of practice. A real red herring. Anyone have any insight? Thanks in advance.
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@nettiemae also - have you discussed with anyone just using Botox to fix the symmetry? Might get you 99 percent of the way without subsequent surgery
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