Re: Re: Scratched Cornea

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Nope never shaved here. april Eisele <aprileisele@...> wrote: I have to tell you all how silly I am. When Micahcame home in May and had barely any eyelashes oreyebrows I just assumed that's how it was with bleph. But now that he is 8 mos post-op they have all grownback. They must have shaved his eyebrows for hissurgery? Anyone else have experience with that? Anyway, they are all coming in much thicker now. April--- bethgordon03 <bethgordon03@...> wrote:> > Sharon > > So sorry to hear about this, I hope your son is> doing better. > I have almost nonexistent lashes, so I haven't had> this problem. Lily > has longer lashes ( I was so glad about this) and I> will watch for > this. She

does rub her lower lid a lot, I know on> the right side she > has very little coverage and it has to get dry> sometimes.> > Hang in there> > Beth> > > > Does anyone else seem to get a scratched cornea> often ? The > reason I> > > am asking my son

(11) gets them a lot. We can't> seem to see a > pattern> > > of him getting hit in the eye, rubbing his eye,> etc. I know one > the> > > dr.'s felt he had a lash growing inward and that> is probably how > he> > > got it. But other times they see no reason why> it happens.> > > > > > Well Tue the school nurse called me and told me> his eye was red > and> > > he had a headache....off to the specialist we> go. Well this time > not> > > only does he have a bad scratch on his cornea he> has a terrible> > > bacterial infection in his cornea. Well Tue & > Wed antibiotic drops> > > were every 1/2 hr threw the night ( although> that didn;t go so> > > well...he sleeps on his tummy and it was a war> zone trying to get> > > them in at night) wed-

Friday drops every hr.> His surgeon has seen> > > him every day since it happened, we go back 9 am> tomorrow again . > His> > > eye is blood red, no white at all. This time his> surgeon is very> > > concerned. Right now his vision is blurry but> not terrible. It > scares> > > me to know everytime this happens it leaves> scars on his cornea.> > > Thank God up to this point his vision is not> being deminshed > because> > > of it, but like the surgeon says with each scar> it does get a > little> > > worse.> > > > > > Just wondering if anyone else has this problem.> My husband sees > his> > > eye dr ever 4 weeks to get tiny hairs plucked so> it doesn't > scratch> > > him. My husband has lad a few laser treatments> to get rid of

the> > > hairs.....oh he hates it becasuse they stick> this rather long > needle> > > in right up close to his eye before they laser> it ....Gross ! lol> > > > > > Hope everyone is well......everyone is always in> my thought. Hugs> > > Sharon> >> > > > > __________________________________________ DSL – Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl. <a href="http://www.TickerFactory.com/"><img border="0"

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My ptosis repair scars are at the edge of, or within the bounds of, my

eyebrows, so I guess they would have shaved them at the time (it was 40

years ago) when doing the fascia lata sling.

Can't imaging why they'd tinker with eyelashes though - that's much more

non-trivial!

Rob

april Eisele wrote:

> I have to tell you all how silly I am. When Micah

> came home in May and had barely any eyelashes or

> eyebrows I just assumed that's how it was with bleph.

> But now that he is 8 mos post-op they have all grown

> back. They must have shaved his eyebrows for his

> surgery? Anyone else have experience with that?

> Anyway, they are all coming in much thicker now.

> April

>