just wanted to say to all those ppl who suffered with bullying because of squints never let those t****** get u down. people who bully others for any kind of physical imperfection are just sad lonley losers who try to get attention away from there own imperfections by using someone eles as there scapegoat.having suffered with a squint in my right eye for most of my life and numerous operations to correct it ive come to terms with the fact that my eyes will never be 100% straight. but the main key is to have confidence and look ppl direct in the eye no matter how embarresed you feel and once ppl realize its not an issue with u they will not think of it as a big issue themselves. a lot of ppl dont even notice certain kinds of squints because belive it or not there are a high percent of the population with varying deegrees of squints.

Hi Reading the comments i wanted to let people know about me and my brother. My brother is now 28 and has had a number of operations to try and sort out his squints. Unfortunately every time the surgey has not worked and in fact has made them worse. he has resolved to the fact that he is going to be partially blind and have a squint (in both eyes due to the surgery)for the rest of his life . He tells me that he doesn't want to go through it anymore but is happy that he tried and is just happy that he can live a normal life. He now has a very respectable job and says that any one who can't take him for who he is isn't worth listening to... ...so true! However, i also had a squint when i was younger and was lucky enough to have surgery done by a very good surgeon (so good that opticians can barely see the scars)my eye sight improved so much that i now have 20/20 vision so no more embaressing glasses lol. I thought that i would tell you this so that you could see that although thngs don't always go the right way, when it goes right it can be a complete change to your life. i would recommend checking the surgeons record and if you're not happy with it request another surgeon! all the best and any questions just comment don't be afraid to ask!

im 16 and im having squint surgery in a couple of days, just a general question, how long after having this operation can i try and put contacts in, im long sited and i would just love to be free from glasses for a bit seeing as i have had them for 14 years.

Hi, Im 14 year old girl and i have had a squint since i was about 4 and had the operation when i was about 6 which worked. But about 3 or 4 years ago i started getting double vision and my squint came back and it turns outwards but i know when it turns outwards because i see my double vision going the opposite way. So i guess that is a good thing rather than not knowing when my eye has turned. My Consultant has offered me the operation but i dont want it going worse than it is because it isnt noticable really but it really does go noticable in the sun and some types of light i dont know why. But i am going seeing him in 3 weeks to tell him i dont want the operation and i dont want the botox but i will try that when or if it goes worse one day. But i really want contacts do you think i will be allowed them?

Wow and I always thought I'm alone with this. I've had a lazy eye as long as I can remember. When I was 15 I had corrective surgery which made it a bit better but it's still there and obviuosly noticable to people. I always had a low self esteem because of it and got as the most of you terribly bullied at school. Now that I'm 25 I have learned to live with it but it still buggers me all the time so I'm thinking of this Botox method . Does anyone know anything about how and if it works, cost efficiency, riscs and such? I'd be grateful for every little hint! In the meantime, here's a thought; at the end of the day we are all human and hey we're no freaks, we're just even more special (in a good way of course) than all those ones out there who can't see that. :-) they should be the ones being ashamed!!!

hi im 16 years old abd have a squint its horrible, i cant look at ppl i avoid eye contact at all costs, i hate myself because of it, it makes me cry and i honestly just want to be normal i feel like a freak and i hate living with it, the only thing is i dont know how to go about it, should i go to the doctor or the optition i cant live with it anymore it makes my self esteem go down and i have no confidence i hate compliments because i dont believe them :/ and iv read most of the things u have all wrote and im terrified but il do anything to be normal :/ x

im currently 16 years old male and ive had a lazy eye since as long as i can remember it really puts me down when anyone mentions it or hints at it it gives me low confidence and i hate having my pic taken i just try to laugh it off but it effects me inside i used to wear a patch when i was younger and wear glasses now but they dont make any diffrence someone please give me information or help thanks

i had about three squint operations by the time i was 8 years old, now i'm 16 and i have blue patches on both sides in-between my nose and the little red bit of muscle in the eye that you can see. are these blue bits bruising from my operations?

ive had a squint all my life. i switched schools in yr 10 and i got badly bullied i got called cockeye, lazy eye, eye-eye captin, wonky eye. it really hurt me and sometimes i didnt want to be here because i felt like such a freak. i cant give anyone eye contact, which is a shame cos ppl prob think im being rude but im consious of my eyes so much. i used to get calls with ppl taking the piss out my eyes and everything, i hate having pics taken and ill only have them taken on a pacticular side and used to cover my eye with a choppy fringe. all together ive had 5 ops. recently i had a botox operation, which basically your put to sleep and u have a botox injection in your eye and it paralises the eye muscles.i had that august and oh my god my eye was a total state it was really swollen and apperared to have wot looked like a hood over my eye. and the worst thing was id had the op because i was just about to start college and i wanted a fresh start, so i went to have the op. my eyes were really bad and i was really embaressed. i went back to the hospital and my surgan told me it hadnt been successful at all and to be honest id shown him a pic of what my eyes looked like and he apperaed really shocked. he put me in for another operation the main op, so i was petrified. about 6 wks later i got the opeation letter through which unfortunataly it was 3 days before xmas, so not only had it ruined my life itd ruined my christmas. as they weeled my to thearter i cried as i remembered all the cruel things ppl said to me and i could picture them saying it. i was gettin horrible flashbacks. i had the operation my eyes were really sore because all the scar tissue and to be honest no matter even if my eyes were straight then i probably wouldnt be ok with all the bullying i got. im mentally scared by all the abuse i got and to be honest my eyes arent much diff so im trying to get another op but not sure how many i can get. i just want to be normal like everyone else!

I had to wear an eye patch when younger, then an operation at 9. These have not seemed to work and has seriously affected my life. I hate myself, i was terribly bullied at school for it and even as get older people think it is a joke. I hate getting my picture taken, hate having conversations with a big group of people. People will turn around because they think you are looking at something behind them which is embarrasing, which is why i hate socialising. The only time i feel comfortable is when i wear sunglasses which you can not do all year round! I had another operation at the age of 31 but even then the consultant before hand made me cry because he could not see the point in getting it done. I have had to see a counsellor and it did help for a bit, but 2 years later i feel my left eye is getting worse. It is to the point that i feel embarrased about it even with my husband and children. I am so depressed and it is all because of my lazy eye.