Hi, Lizzy! I'm sorry to hear about the trouble you've experienced with your left eye. We have great specialists who can assess your case to see what treatment may be helpful to you. If you're in the Chicago area, you can schedule an appointment with one of our ophthalmologists either online at www.loyolamedicine.org/ophthalmology or by phone at 888-584-7888. Good luck! -Keisha

Lizzy Alvaradoo j

Same im lazy eyed and get made fun of

Me too girly:(

Lizzy Alvaradoo: OMG SAME! I hate when people ask “What are you looking at?” Like I just want to RUN AWAY 😪

I have won too

Feel your pain

vert same m8 ppl point it out and had surgery before that failed

@@aarriikknn33ll yeah

vert its annoying, but yeh it is what it is

Me too high school sucked for me and as an adult my confidence is low knowing kids and adults look at me like I'm weird

Me too I know that feeling all too well I'm seriously considering surgery now

Tyee Jackson I’ve lived with it and always been bullied because of that

Does people run away from you as well

@@hassenwhite6548 people avoid being friends with me because of my crossed eye , I would do anything to fix it

Mee too same problem in my life, i have 0 confidence

Ey man you have rest of your life ahead of u right?? U got this fam ✊✊

Me too. What is worse is that people are idiots, treated like I'm a joke!

rip

Don't worry dude i have the same problem since i am 3 but i don't cry man now i am 17teen everything's gonna be fine man trust me

I don’t look people in the eye i only look at them for a sec and look away cause my eyes would cross

@@itz_monica7289 exactly if my eyes weren’t crossed I could look people in the eyes and not feel bad

I understand ❤❤

You must feel uncomfortable

@@gitu4me that too!

U are beautiful dnt cry love no matter wat nobody say u are so gorgeous 😩🥰🥺🏆

@@ooscorpio768 thank you love.❤️

Thank you for sharing your story with us! I'm glad your experience with Dr. McDonnell was so successful, and you're enjoying your results! -Keisha

Was it painful?

hw much dd it cost?

Mommyd10t what’s this surgery called ?

Mommyd10t i had the surgery in 2012, started doin exercises round this year wearing an eye patch and believe me it does help a little. Get eye patch and do exercises. And when u can somewhat control it, it may increase the success rate of the surgery. Because sometimes it may revert. It happened to me.

Thanks for sharing your story, Katie! Strabismus presents so many challenges for those who have it. I hope your surgical consult goes well! Good luck! -Keisha

Same here can we become frinds

Katie Cohn strabismus and other defects alike can cause DB and it has nothing to do with having high astigmatism. Talk about incompetent dr's u babe.

@@LoyolaHealth 👃

Katie Cohn you got surgery?

Jordon OG how?

How plz

We call it intermittent tropia

How u rid off lazy eye

Hariee Krishhna I cant tell you how to get rid of one bc if I knew how I wouldn’t have one but I work on mine like literally all the time like even rn I close my good eye especially while on the phone or watching tv stuff like that and I just watch w my bad eye. I started doing it bc I noticed my vision getting slightly blurry and it scared me so I been working it out lol and I believe it’s been working my vision isn’t blurry and I think it might be getting better but it’s just so hard to make them both work together at the same time... mainly when I’m not paying attention it’s the worst but I can make it look normal when I have to like for pics or a short period of eye contact but I still get self conscious abt it tho

Me too here where,I give only my side poses Everytime

i think you should come to kurdistan,erbil,to mala ali kalak,

Same here bro...

Same, sometimes I have to blink before taking pictures and focus on the lenses

Ive always took a selfie photo instead portait so that i can notice wether my eye wonder off

I feel your pain

Same thing happens with me😓

Bless you ❤️

deja _love I’ve lived with it. It kept me weak person in my life

same i make jokes about it but inside i'm not laughing

@FERNASTY I hope we get to learn how to be confident with our eyes being like this :) Hugs to you xx

Aw me to I have a lazy eye and everyone asked me why is you eye like that but I just try to say somthing even though I,don't want to

Same here guys😢

I wish the same my eyes are even worse both of my eyes wonder but only one at a time I can change it (but it does provide for a good party trick)

i’ve gotten 4 surgeries and my eye still drifts. what i do to help it is use an eyepatch at home when i’m going to be focusing on one specific area (like if i’m reading or using my phone) and just continuously do that until your eye muscles strengthen. outside of my house, i usually wear glasses with little to no subscription because the frames help my eye from drifting. i’ve been doing both of these consistently for about a year and so far it’s been good and my eye drifts a lot less, usually only when i’m focusing on something intently but it’s getting better!

tipu sultan no its not okay I'm dying of all the bully I go through

You have an amazing and strong heart. You are blessed.

tipu sultan I have same problem :/ but no one knows I have this problem

SULTAN TIPU bless u..😇😇😇😇

I feel the same way, pushing that half-century mark too. I don't lack confidence, I've only been experiencing it for about 12yrs, if someone notices it or asks what's wrong with my eye, I'll say what's wrong with yours or nothing's wrong, lol, that's my innate defense mechanism I guess, I totally understand others who aren't as confident, I know kids and younger adults can be so cruel. It's just a weaker eye and yes, I wish I didn't to have deal but I have so much more to be grateful for, I can see, not 20/20, but I'm not completely blind. 😁

How much does it cost?

Where is this Dr located ? And his name

Where did u do your surgery

@@abiragavi6573 New Orleans Louisiana university hospital

@@nubitaiwo9997 thank you

Same and it's so noticeable in pictures, I find myself not being able to look at people and avoiding eye contact incase they notice. I don't take any photos and when my friends take pictures I try not to get in them.

Cameron Boyle how long does it take

bandit957 Not to try to make you feel better, but I wouldn’t have noticed it if you didn’t point it out, not that bad to me.

Try vivid vision eye therapy. It works wonders and gives 3D vision (ex strabismus here)

bandit 957 try to pull that ear which one from the eye crossed, my grand mother , pulling eye crossed childrens ! for 21 days, every day one minute. they get cure ! get back real eyes ! and they escape from that bad day!😂. i don't know correctly for mans but for children will work !

I’m 13, when I was four I had lazy eye ,I was made fun of it in prekay and I was sad ,now I can control when it happeneds (I don’t do it much because I j is of the consequences) and kids think it’s cool that I can do that ,i definitely know how to rock it

He'll need more surgeries in the future. The brain will turn the eye until vision therapy corrects the brain anomaly that caused it in the first place. You cut into your kids healthy muscles for no reason, and now he'll have scar tissue and will never be able to correct the source of what's causing the eye turn in the first place.

he fixed my eyes too he is the best eye dr ever ccwhit55

@@MetraRailfanning I saw Dr McDonell. Told me he can fix my exotropia at my current 31 years of age with 70% chance of staying corrected. I had 3 surgeries when little under the aged of six, but it wandered after the 3rd surgery. Was your issue similar? I am debating whether to do the surgery or not. Hope your son is doing Great. Ty

he did mine and it’s straight

How much money is required...???

Hello, Jay! I'm sorry about the pain your condition has caused you. We do have some great specialists who can assess your case and recommend treatment, if possible. Your parent or guardian can schedule an appointment with one of them either online at www.loyolamedicine.org/appointment or by phone at 888-584-7888. Good luck! -Keisha

I have wondering eyes it's not easy I've been picked on called all kinds of names even my friends ended up calling me names and it even left on me like it was my real name they stopped addressing me by my real name even some of their parents started calling me cross eye I stopped going over to my friends I hate going out people stare and if they don't know my name or they forgot they just call me cross eye after high school I went to a technical institute I wanted to become an engineer my class mates were ok I made my self as available and friendly as I could as I always try to do. Things went ok at first until they started asking if I can see or was I born with it all meaning well but it became over bearing for me, I graduated and got a distinction, after 8 long years I was the only student to top the field in which I was studying I remember at the graduation I was introduced to a host of representatives from some top companies in my country as they come to graduations as part of an agreement with the institute to scout the best young talents I gave up that dream I couldn't be around too much people I never got a job working for a company or a firm that had a number of people I instead started doing odd jobs cleaning peoples yards and so on, jobs that would just be me alone I was scared of going out into the world sometimes I would look back at life and wish I wasn't like this I probably would be well off in life with the opportunities I was given career wise I just ran...This maybe hard to ask but don't let it get to you take it from me kid it's not easy saying that but trust me it can mess your life up if you let it...

God bless, I really know the emotional pain... YOUR NOT ALONE

Hey, just an update, was going through some depressing times back then. I actually ended up talking with my parents, hopefully gonna get it treated after my entrance exams.

I HAVe the exact same problem but I have horrible self-confidence because of it. My left eye wanders outwards if I'm tired or sometimes if I stare at something to long.

I don't have it as bad as most of these people. But my right eye is a bit too high. I wish I could straighten it out.

I feel you :( I am also from Philippines and i feel so sad knowing how our society is being judgmental and bully. It's hurts so sad

You could probably get the surgery for free. My health insurance covered my surgery at UCLA. My driving skills were being affected, which helped with my surgery not being considered cosmetic.

Thanks!! :)

Thx

if i limit my screen time, can it help?

Gotta start doing this cuz something is definitely up with my right eye these days

Hi, Madison! I'm sorry to hear about the negative experiences you've had dealing with exotropia. Our doctors prefer to see patients in person in order to prescribe the best possible course of action. If you're in the Chicago area, your parent/guardian can schedule a face-to-face appointment for you with one of our specialists either online at www.loyolamedicine.org/ophthalmology or by phone at 888-584-7888. Good luck! -Keisha

Loyola Medicine I live in the Southern Florida Area. I should be seeing a doctor doctor soon. Do you know any home therapy?

Thanks for reaching out to us, Madison. I'm sorry, our doctors don't make recommendations via social media. They need to see patients in person in order to evaluate specific cases. But I hope you're able to find some suitable treatment closer to home. -Keisha

Madison Hitt me too i also have extrotopia im in the philippines

Madison Hitt you are not alone friend! I've had the same experiences

that’s you

use the juicer for get water of truffle and give some drops ito your eyes, or yuse water of the carrot by juicer! drink one glass every days, for 60 days you will be back get strong eyes seeing longer than 5meters.

Same here

+SignalBurden Yep they wandered away again. I heard getting this type of surgery never fully fixes the problem.

Yeah - I agree that it doesn't seem to fix it entirely. Family member of mine has slight extropia. Saw a young girl youtuber that posted that she had surgery when she was young but then needed to get it again later on. Family member is going to try Vision therapy and wait a bit. Funny how the first Dr we saw pushed and said we needed to do for surgery right away (since he specialized in it) and another Dr said take a wait and see (that sat better with me). So, I think we will just have the eye deviation measured every year to see if it goes any more out of whack

It's better than having a full blown lazy eye.

SignalBurden true. The bit I don’t like is she’s giving a testimonial like everything’s totally great and she has no problems when we can clearly see she’s had a relapse. I wish she would tell us the whole truth. The benefits as well as the drawbacks

xXAnni3LuvsYhuXx I would rather have my eyes like her tan both eyes going to hide in a corner when ever they feel like. Good thing the both don’t do it at the same time. But it could be left or right one of em just clock out.

@@charlesharts5761 My 3 year old has strabismus, i'm pretty certain. I'm just curious- can you tell when your eye is doing that or do you not notice it?

The problem will never go away honestly which is why surgery is not even worth it. Us people with crossed eyes will just have to love ourselves the way we were made and change our perspective, because the world will not love us. They are too normal to understand.

GregB gregb you are lucky for some like me the strabismus is too advanced to hide it I can't

Same.. I try hard to hide it, I can somewhat control it, I'd recommend seeing your dr and ask him about prism glasses. Wearing a patch can work too. Wear it several times a day but not everyday and 5hrs+ a day keeps the stray away 😏

@@MisterGoofy same mines so noticeable.

@@exol3530 I had a surgery done for my eyes 5 months ago and I'm really, really happy with the results. I really hope you could find a surgeon who can correct your lazy eye

Ur one of the lucky ones. Mine is my right eye and it is always noticeable. I am now 29 and just now learned to just embrace it.

Where is the clinic ?

@@karmenj2583 we are based in London, England.

@@londonsquintclinic5440 pls i really need to fix my right eye, how can i make it down and what is the cost...presently living in turkey

@@francisoshoma5410 you can book a video consultation with Dr Ali via our website.

Jaxon Dakota me too... I’m 31 and now it’s causing me pain I won’t to get it fix because glasses not working..

Yes u do that

I would definitely join the Facebook group. Has it been created yet?

I have coats disease witch makes me blind in my right eye and the right is smaller and is lazy

@@andreah7696 kinda, but in my case my left eye is fine, my right eye is the crossed eye, it happens when I am only 7 years old, I had a high fever (convulsion) and the doctor said there is a nerve in my eye was been cut off because of too much heat

@@andreah7696 We ask the doctr abou that if there is a way I can have a surgery, and luckily after the doctor run some test and have a look inside of my left eye he found out that the damage nerve in my eye fix its own

but the doctor said even though I have my surgery, it doesn't guarantee that my right eye will be fixed, he said that thry can fix it but not fully 100%, they will correct it but still the eye will wander and will not go totally straight. My Family also don't have enough money, we have a financial problem in our household that is why since I am 5 years old till now (18 years old) I still have my crossed right eye because we can't afford to fix it...

Hi, and thanks for your question! Unfortunately, we can't address specific patient cases here, but if you visit our Ophthalmology Services page at loyolamedicine.org/medical-services/ophthalmology-services, you can learn more about different procedures and make an appointment to discuss your particular situation.

amblyopia i am no doctor but i have it and the symptoms you are having are the exact same as mine and his service would help by making it less notice able or the drift go away all together it isn't meant to help improve vision but to boost the person's confidence and make them feel more normal

are side effect permanent or only after surgery

Reading the comments, alot of people are care alot more about the embaressment and how it looks, to clarify; its not that visible for me. I have to tell people to look at my eyes and see if i they see it, for them to ever notice. So im not bothered cosmetically, but visually. So im surprised i dont see people too upset about that like i am

Thank you for sharing your experience, Wenskie. Eye conditions can be very challenging to deal with, and it's clear you handle yours with grace and confidence. If you ever decide that surgery is of interest to you, you can request an appointment with one of our specialists either online at www.loyolamedicine.org/appointment or by phone at 888-584-7888. Good luck to you! -Keisha

I have an cross eye😥 seence I was born

Had your surgery successful .

Hello, Phoe! I'm sorry to hear about the trouble you've experienced with your eye. If you're in the Chicago area, we have great specialists who can assess your case to see what treatment may be most helpful to you. You can schedule an appointment with one of them either online at www.loyolamedicine.org/appointment or by phone at 888-584-7888. Good luck! -Keisha

I feel you .. I have the same problem , my lazy eye is killing my self esteem and confidence ...I dont know what to do about it , it gives me a lot of anxiety , I feel like I am becoming more and more depressed every single day...I guess we have to accept it and move on with our lives , And I know its difficult but we should try and believe that miracles happen every single day :) lots of love to you ❤

Good day! Unfortunately, every patient's case is different, so our doctors can not provide advice via social media or e-mail. If you're in the Chicago area, we have great specialists who can assess your case to see what treatment may be most helpful to you. You can schedule an appointment with one of them either online at www.loyolamedicine.org/appointment or by phone at 888-584-7888. Good luck! -Keisha

Hi Raj, I'm sending your message to Dr. McDonnell and will send you the answer when I receive it.

Hi Raj So glad you emailed. Start smiling. You WILL be able to get your eye straight, but it can be complicated. Just make sure you get evaluated by a pediatric ophthalmologist who does a lot of adult Strabismus surgery. Go to AAPOS.org and click on the “Find a Doctor” link to find someone in your area. They will be BEST equipped to straighten your eyes. From Loyola sending you my best… and may God bless you. Dr. Jim

I never fixed it and I'm only 21 and I too have lazy eye on right

Chandan M The struggle is real man. =/

yeah and idk how hard it will become in future Hard to imagine 😐. I think ill be forever alone 😢

Chandan M I never fixed mine too yeah its a struggle

nolia Derilus I want to change my eye colors too.

it doesn't work for everyone

Sorry to hear that Masih. If you tell me where you live perhaps I can refer you to someone who specializes in this type of surgery and they should be able to help you.

Same when I was little maybe 5 years old I had it I did nothing I still have it

Masih Ad-Dajjaal exactly. It didn’t even properly work for the woman in the video. She has esotropia now. Eye moving too inwards. M

you can pull that ear from that eye which wandering . pull that ear for 21 days every days for 1 minute. especially for children

Hi, AGM! I'm sorry to hear about the difficulties you've experienced with your condition. If you're in the Chicago area, you can schedule an appointment with one of our ophthalmologists so that they can assess your situation and recommend possible treatments. You can do so either online at www.loyolamedicine.org/ophthalmology or by phone at 888-584-7888. Good luck! -Keisha

The surgery doesn't work for everyone. I know somebody who had it and it's worse now

Lynetta Bethea i think its just you

lol ok

She's still partially cross eyed from what i can see so yeah they still don't look totally right.

She kinda looks like a blind person staring but not seeing if that makes sense

@@andreah7696 first of all you have gorgeous eyes! Let me just say that! And my eyes slightly wander from each other. Like when I look closely into a mirror I can see my other eye is directed to the side of the mirror instead of looking in to it.

+Caleb Davies Thanks a lot for sharing your story, Mr. Davies. It's great that you've enjoyed such success! -Keisha

Hi...how abt ur eye power?is it still thr ?

Thanks for your comment! I'm sorry to hear about the negative experience you've had with your eyes over the past few years. If you're in the Chicago area, you can schedule an appointment with one of our ophthalmologists so they can assess your situation and see if anything more can be recommended. You can schedule either online at www.loyolamedicine.org/ophthalmology or by phone at 888-584-7888. If you're not near Chicago, the best way to find a competent strabismus surgeon in your area is to go to aapos.org and click on the "Find a Doctor" link near the top of the page. Good luck! -Keisha

Hi, Holly! Dr. McDonnell practices in the Chicago area. You can request an appointment with him or another one of our specialists either online at www.loyolamedicine.org/appointment or by phone at 888-584-7888. Good luck! -Keisha