WHAT OPTIONS HAVE PEOPLE HAD FOR BOTTOM LID

[jazzfunkanne]

Hi i feel as if tears are gathering on my bottom lid making my eye watery, i have heard of people having plugs put in (what is this) or do you think a stitch would helpx
many thanks

[nancyann]

Hi Anne:  Hope all is well by you.  I had that problem big time !  Tears would just keep rolling down my face.  I had a pyrex tube, I think it's called a Jone's tube, put into the inner corner of my eye & it drains the tears into my sinus.  It works pretty well, but sometimes it gets backed up if there is too much tears.  When you breathe in a little hard through your nose it drains faster.
This was surgery under anesthesia b/c the surgeon had to make an incision on the side of my nose & cut through bone.  He's an oculoplastic surgeon so the scar is minimal.  There is also a tiny indent in that area,  but I'm glad I had it done.
The tube has to be changed every 6 months - to me it's worth it.  I know there are other options but I can't think of them right now...   I also had a canthal sling procedure at the same time that lifter the lower lid - the surgeon attached the lift to the bone just under my eyebrow.  It's held up longer than the other procedures I had to keep the lower lid lifted.
Always good thoughts,  Nancy

[jazzfunkanne]

hi nancyann, the tears dont run down my face i can feel them gathering on the bottom lid and need too wipe too see better , i will let you know what my eye doc. says is aug.x

[saralynn143]

Anne, I used to have that a lot and my solution was to tilt my head to the side and let a couple of big crocodile tears drip out. Grossed my daughter out. Now it does not happen often, usually only when I let my eye get too dry.

Sara