I am reporting this 22 months after my surgeries. Doctor Sean Boutros performed 4 surgical…read moreprocedures all in one setting. I was really concerned for cramming all of them in one day so I asked him if we should not do all at once. His reply was that he does one almost every week! So despite being hesitant, I trusted him and went through with it. He performed upper and lower eyelid surgeries, face lift and neck lift. However, few weeks after the surgery, I knew something was wrong. He has caused at least two main life altering injuries.
The First is to my right eyelids. I am now suffering with what has been diagnosed by another specialist with keratoconjunctivitis Sicca disorder, commonly known as dry eye syndrome. The surgeon has caused my right lower eyelid skin being too loose and drop too low thus my eyelids do not close all the way anymore and he has left a big visible scar about 2mm below my eyelashes. My right eye is always red and irritated. At times, tears come down my affected eye without my control. At bedtime, I have to tape my right eye shut in order to have relief and less irritation in the following morning. Wind, sunlight, fans, etc irritates my eyes. Soap or shampoo always gets into my right eye if I forget to force them to close. All these are due to the fact that my eyelids do not close all the way even when I blink normally. This has affected my work as my right eye gets very tired and irritated that i need to take frequent breaks to force my eyes closed. I am also, per my ophthalmologist order, using 4 different eye drops daily to help relieve these symptoms, one of which costs $200. To make matters worse, I still have baggy eyes on both eyes with right eye being worse than left.
The second is to the left side of my neck. He did a skin fold pulling my neck skin behind my ear and did a 2" cut under my chin where he had cut some neck muscles. My neck now feels as if someone has put a rope around my neck pulling it up. Even after 22 months, the feeling has not only subsided but has gotten worse. When I had raised concern at the early stages, he said that he is very aggressive with neck lifts so that patients will have a great looking neck for another 10 plus years. Well, not so. I now have double chin, which I never had before, due to persistent inflammation. The jugular vein on the left side of my neck bulges out and seems inflamed. It feels very uncomfortable to say the least. These conditions have affected my daily life style, as simple workouts become too irritating. I cannot wear shirts that touch side or front of my neck (like crew neck t-shirts) as it becomes irritating. Sleeping on my back and or bending over causes this vein to bulge out even more. I have to use my hand to grab my neck to get some relief.
The third issue is my facelift operation. He pulled one side much less than the other side. Hence, I still have sagging skin and deep vertical line where as my other side does not. I look like a recovering stroke patients.
So it all seems like two different doctors did my surgeries since both side are done totally different. He has several very young doctors that he had hired and I am afraid he used me as a training session even though he had denied it. If so, then one to think that something has definitely gone wrong during surgery. Today, if anyone sees me, they would recommend for me to get a plastic surgery as the improvements to my face are minimal. Per my attorney's direction, I am refrained from volunteering more detailed disclosure, but one thing I learned is that despite him making you sign all kinds of waivers, those are not protecting him from causing life altering damages that I have suffered; hence my upcoming lawsuits will have a high rate of success.