Red Eye Malfunction

Help! I was using the red eye function, and a black spot appeared on my daughter's white dress. Initially, I fixed the red eye problem, but in the process didn't notice a black spot (caused by the red eye function) on her dress before clicking apply and save.
I went back to try to remove it by clicking the red eye function again and it removed it, but only temporarily, though when I reopen the pic, the spot is still there. How do I remove this spot? Is there a way of removing this spot even after having saved it?

I agree, I have been having exactly the same problem. Just a dark blob in the eye. It sometime extends beyond the eye, making this function useless. Also, in group shots I can only remove the red eye from one or two eyes, then the function seems to stop working.
I was using iPhoto 4 and this function worked much better in that version.
I saw some tips for advanced use of red eye feature in iPhoto 6 at http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060504123458727&mode=print. Does anyone know of any hacks or tricks in iPhoto 5? Or another Mac program that easily removes red eye?
Thanks.

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