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Sliver Blepharoplasty

rms1954 — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:31:15 GMT

Anyone have this procedure done on their eyes?

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ellaphant — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:35:21 GMT

I had a regular upper lid lift. Don't know what " Sliver" means.

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shoekitty — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:28:54 GMT

never heard of it, and at 77, I have heard of procedures that are pretty wild lol

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Goldengate8361 — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:52:12 GMT

Whatever it actually is......it sounds horrible.

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Skyegirl21 — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 00:57:45 GMT

I looked it up- I don't understand the point... if they are already doing an incision, just take what will improve the area best, not just a "sliver"-

I went for a bleph consult recently. The upper lids are a much more common operation and an easier, less risky outcome. The lower, is a much tougher operation, and riskier for vision.

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We rescue cats — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 00:27:38 GMT

I will probably end up having it in a year or two. My mom had it, as did several friends...

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Shanus — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 13:29:49 GMT

@rms1954 Yes, my friend had it done recently. If vision is affected by eyelid skin covering the top portion of eye, a sliver of skin is taken out...not a full bleph.

If recommended by a opthamologist, insurance may cover the procedure. hers was covered. she's 78 and the doc said she'd look "frightened" with full bleph at her age and eyes wide open...good call since she looks great, sees well and still looks her age with a bit of a tweak.

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rms1954 — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 17:00:18 GMT

@Shanus wrote:
@rms1954 Yes, my friend had it done recently. If vision is affected by eyelid skin covering the top portion of eye, a sliver of skin is taken out...not a full bleph.

If recommended by a opthamologist, insurance may cover the procedure. hers was covered. she's 78 and the doc said she'd look "frightened" with full bleph at her age and eyes wide open...good call since she looks great, sees well and still looks her age with a bit of a tweak.

Did it take her long to recover?

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Shanus — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 17:13:59 GMT

@rms1954 wrote:
@Shanus wrote:
@rms1954 Yes, my friend had it done recently. If vision is affected by eyelid skin covering the top portion of eye, a sliver of skin is taken out...not a full bleph.

If recommended by a opthamologist, insurance may cover the procedure. hers was covered. she's 78 and the doc said she'd look "frightened" with full bleph at her age and eyes wide open...good call since she looks great, sees well and still looks her age with a bit of a tweak.
Did it take her long to recover?

@rms1954 wrote:
@Shanus wrote:
@rms1954 Yes, my friend had it done recently. If vision is affected by eyelid skin covering the top portion of eye, a sliver of skin is taken out...not a full bleph.

If recommended by a opthamologist, insurance may cover the procedure. hers was covered. she's 78 and the doc said she'd look "frightened" with full bleph at her age and eyes wide open...good call since she looks great, sees well and still looks her age with a bit of a tweak.
Did it take her long to recover?

@rms1954 If she would have taken the doc's advice only been a few weeks (except the expected bruising), but she had a complication on one lid where the surgeon left in a stitch. She picked it with a tweezers even though I told her to leave it alone and the lid became infected. Antibiotics and 3 months later all was well except some yellowish brusing under and over both lids that lasted for awhile. That was easily covered with concealer.

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ellaphant — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 17:45:30 GMT

@rms1954 wrote:
Anyone have this procedure done on their eyes?

I had a regular bleph. Not painful at all during or after. At most a thirty minute procedure.

Didn't even need a Tylenol.My eyes look exactly the same as before hooding, no surprise look- that's the result of a bad surgeon. Mine was not covered by insurance. I was tired of droopy lids and wearing eye makeup made my lids look worse! Now I'm so happy to wear eye makeup again!

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IMW — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 17:46:59 GMT

Had surgery for drooping eye lid. After a few years it now droops again.

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rms1954 — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 01:57:24 GMT

@ellaphant wrote:
@rms1954 wrote:
Anyone have this procedure done on their eyes?
I had a regular bleph. Not painful at all during or after. At most a thirty minute procedure.
Didn't even need a Tylenol.My eyes look exactly the same as before hooding, no surprise look- that's the result of a bad surgeon. Mine was not covered by insurance. I was tired of droopy lids and wearing eye makeup made my lids look worse! Now I'm so happy to wear eye makeup again!

So it didn't improve the appearance of your lids?

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deeW — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 14:57:46 GMT

I had the uppers done several years ago and should have had it done 10 years before that! Surgery was quick and easy and virtually no pain. I've never had a black eye and didn't get them even though they said I would. Just a small bruise in the corner of each eye. Since they interferred with my vision Medicare covered the procedure. My eye doctor had to perform the perperipheral vision test to satisfy the insurance and I automatically raised my eyebrows so that I would pass...........he told me not to do it because I needed to fail in order for the insurance to pay. Just a heads up in case you decide to have it done.

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foxywoods — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 17:04:33 GMT

It's easy to cheat on the Vision Field Test. They have you view the computer screen. I just hit the floating dots when they got close to the center of the screen.

Then when they taped my lids open I hit the dots right after they started floating.

I was too nervous to go through w/surgery though because even though my insurance would pay at the time, the surgeon had little experience plus I thought he might remove too much of my eyelids because I "cheated". So - don't cheat!!