For almost 3 years when I took my aunt ( at age 98 )to her HMO she has been with for over 30 years. She has lived with me since 2016....it is now 2025. She suffers from "short term memory failure". To get to the point, she was finally, finally diagnosed with an "inverted lower eyelid" that was irritating the eyeball. It was NOT BLEPHARITIS. There is sooooo much in between to tell, of office visits, procedures and failing medicine. BUT Finally, I managed to get her to see an Occuloplasty Specialist for a "second" surgery procedure to repair the "lower hanging eyelid" from her rubbing the skin continuously. I got a pretty fair amount of resistance from the specialist because since my aunt was 101 years old by this time and it required a full and formal anesthesia. My aunt was questioned intensely, I was questioned intensely, however we finally managed to get the procedure done. The specialist was talented enough to do it right and in reality, they didn't want me bring my aunt back for anymore repair. I repeat... it was not Blepharitis. It was an inverted eyelid where the lashes irritated the eyeball. A lot of time, effort and money was put into this process to give my aunt back a decent appearance of her face and rid her of constant irritation. You have to fight for getting deserved results.
I don’t remember my aunt having to have full anesthesia. But she didn’t have to deal with it for three years either.