One Thing Always Leads to Another
By LooeyVille
@LooeyVille (73)
United States
November 1, 2026 12:37am CST
So a few weeks ago, my Mother-in-Law had to visit an eye specialist for tear duct stones that had to be removed. On her chart was a word I wasn't familiar with, so I looked it up.
Ectropion Lower Eyes
It's an outward turning of the lower eyelids. It's age-related. I looked up photos of it.
I didn't think anything more about it . . . until . . . I've been looking closely at the photos of my horrendously beaten=up face from my upper eyelid surgery and I'll be damned if I don't have ectropion lower eyelids. They're hanging outward all loosey goosey.
And NO, before you ask, I will NEVER EVER EVER have any type of eye surgery again. This experience has been horrendous! Unless the lower lids present a medical issue that HAS to be repaired, I don't care.
But it's like when you paint a room in your house, you notice it could use new curtains and new carpet, etc.
I've never examined my eyes that closely before. Now I wish I hadn't.
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@moffittjc (129031)
• Gainesville, Florida
1 Nov
I've had multiple eye surgeries over the past two decades, and I agree 100% that it is something horrible and never want to experience again. I go out of my way to care for my eyes, including cleaning/washing them throughout the day, so that I can hopefully avoid every having to go through any eye surgeries again in my lifetime.
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@JohnRoberts (108935)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Nov
Just something else about aging that sucks.
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@LooeyVille (73)
• United States
1 Nov
@AmbiePam @moffittjc And apparently the lower lid surgery is quite complicated. They have to move a tendon and attach it to something else. NO WAY!!!
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@moffittjc (129031)
• Gainesville, Florida
1 Nov
@LooeyVille Whoa, that does sound frightening!
Of all the frightening things they did to my eyes over the years, cauterizing an artery in my eye was the worst. Although they applied a local anesthesia to my eye, I was awake and alert through the whole thing. I kept seeing the glowing red cauterizing tool going down into my eye, and smoke rising up, and it made me realize that smoke was from burning parts of my eye. It was freaky and made me extremely uncomfortable.
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@LooeyVille (73)
• United States
1 Nov
@moffittjc Yes, on this one a few days ago I could smell the burning flesh of him cauterizing my incisions. I did not like that at all. The worst part though was the needles to administer the "numbing" local anesthesia. I would have almost rather gone totally without numbing as much as those needles hurt. OMG I'm cringing just thinking about it.
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