Highlands Eyelid Surgery doctors
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Robert T. Buchanan, MD
Highlands Plastic Surgeon
209 Hospital Dr Suite 202, Highlands |
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Always had great results with Botox but went with Dysport last time and results were horrible. Made my eyes smaller, brow lower and lids super puffy. It's worn off now but my lids have become so hooded that they stick together, I raise my brow to see better and I always look mad (due to being 45, not result of Dysport). Do I go with Botox/Dysport again or get upper and lower lid surgery? Or given how my lower lids look, would fillers work instead? Thanks!
You have significant hooding of the upper lids from descent of the brow. To improve this, you need some way to elevate the brow. Botox/Dysport can sometimes do this if placed only in the muscles around the eye and not in the forehead (the muscles you need to elevate the brow) and teh forehead muscle is active enough to lift the brow. If you had the forehead injected, this could be one reason for the horrible results. If getting rid of the brow depressor does not result in brow elevation, then your only option is a brow lift of some kind. You need a consultation with an experienced brow and eye Plastic Surgeon who understands the anatomy and muscle function in the area.
I am a 46 years French woman. Due to mask lift, my look has been totally changed (it's hard to explain). I used to get almond-shaped eyes. I've been desesperate for more than 6 years; I don't recognize myself in the mirror and other people's opinion is not the same.
Without knowing more about your procedure and exactly what was done (since, as I understand it, this may involve folume modification) It is hard to tell you what options you do have. Canthoplasty, however, is probably not one of them, though repositioning the canthus may be. There are also multiple other methods to modify your eyes. See a Plastic Surgeon who has significant experience with eye modification and have your operative report from your previous procedure so that he/she can compare what is seen now with what was done then.
I am 18 years old, male, and wondering what can be done to reduce the asymmetries present in my eyes. Is this due to a difference in orbital positioning? I am currently on the path to undergo jaw surgery and cheekbone alterations to make my left side (on the picture) match the right. If analyzed closely my left eye is bulgier than my right. What can be done to alleviate the asymmetry? Also, is brow surgery necessary? (I have minor muscular torticollis and maybe plagiocephaly)
Asymmetry of the face is the norm, not the exception. Nothing we do with surgery can make you symmetric. You, however, because of your plagiocephaly, have more of a reason to possibly have asymmetry than the average person. You also have more other things to worry about. Take care of the jaw, any problems with the plagiocephaly and the torticollis and don’t worry about the minor orbital differences. Because of the other problems you are probably looking exceptionally critically and finding problems that no one else will see.