Watery eyes and surgery

I suffer from eyes that water to the extent that in cold weather it is
embarrasing. A specialist has recommended bilatreal lower lid tightening
surgery (local anasthetic) that would take a wedge out of each lower
lids and thus tighten them. Has anyone had this done and if so was it
successful? Any comments will be appreciated. Thanks

In article <eobkp0$kjf$(E-Mail Removed)>, Spencer <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

> I suffer from eyes that water to the extent that in cold weather it is
> embarrasing. A specialist has recommended bilatreal lower lid tightening
> surgery (local anasthetic) that would take a wedge out of each lower
> lids and thus tighten them. Has anyone had this done and if so was it
> successful? Any comments will be appreciated. Thanks

My eyes water in cold weather. I just wipe it off. My nose runs also.
I use a tissue.

I have had numerous eye surgeries. I would rather be embarrased than
have another one.

On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 14:32:27 -0800, Dan Abel <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>In article <eobkp0$kjf$(E-Mail Removed)>, Spencer <(E-Mail Removed)>
>wrote:
>
>> I suffer from eyes that water to the extent that in cold weather it is
>> embarrasing. A specialist has recommended bilatreal lower lid tightening
>> surgery (local anasthetic) that would take a wedge out of each lower
>> lids and thus tighten them. Has anyone had this done and if so was it
>> successful? Any comments will be appreciated. Thanks
>
>My eyes water in cold weather. I just wipe it off. My nose runs also.
>I use a tissue.
>
>I have had numerous eye surgeries. I would rather be embarrased than
>have another one.

Not overly supportive are you? Again.

Ann

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
Ann <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 14:32:27 -0800, Dan Abel <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >In article <eobkp0$kjf$(E-Mail Removed)>, Spencer <(E-Mail Removed)>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> I suffer from eyes that water to the extent that in cold weather it is
> >> embarrasing. A specialist has recommended bilatreal lower lid tightening
> >> surgery (local anasthetic) that would take a wedge out of each lower
> >> lids and thus tighten them. Has anyone had this done and if so was it
> >> successful? Any comments will be appreciated. Thanks
> >
> >My eyes water in cold weather. I just wipe it off. My nose runs also.
> >I use a tissue.
> >
> >I have had numerous eye surgeries. I would rather be embarrased than
> >have another one.
>
> Not overly supportive are you? Again.

He asked for comments. I gave him my opinion. Just my opinon. As far
as his actual proposed surgery, I'm not qualified to comment on it.

Spencer wrote:

> I suffer from eyes that water to the extent that in cold weather it
> is embarrasing. A specialist has recommended bilatreal lower lid
> tightening surgery (local anasthetic) that would take a wedge out of
> each lower lids and thus tighten them. Has anyone had this done and
> if so was it successful? Any comments will be appreciated. Thanks

My eyes water like crazy in cold wind too. I'm not embarassed, but I
can't see very well. Having said that, I'd never get surgery for
something like that. I suspect dry eye in my case. The solution I'm
looking into is a pair of Wiley-X or Panoptx glasses that seal around
the eye to keep wind out. They sell them to motorcyclists mostly.

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In article <CEtqh.305565$FQ1.64906@attbi_s71>,
"Charles" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Spencer wrote:
>
> > I suffer from eyes that water to the extent that in cold weather it
> > is embarrasing. A specialist has recommended bilatreal lower lid
> > tightening surgery (local anasthetic) that would take a wedge out of
> > each lower lids and thus tighten them. Has anyone had this done and
> > if so was it successful? Any comments will be appreciated. Thanks
>
> My eyes water like crazy in cold wind too. I'm not embarassed, but I
> can't see very well. Having said that, I'd never get surgery for
> something like that. I suspect dry eye in my case. The solution I'm
> looking into is a pair of Wiley-X or Panoptx glasses that seal around
> the eye to keep wind out. They sell them to motorcyclists mostly.

I live in California. We don't believe in cold weather.

:-)

There's been a cold snap, though. It was 25 this morning when I went
out walking. The last few days, I've had tears running down my face.
Perhaps it isn't so bad for me because I know it won't last.