One Eyelid Feels Paralyzed!

I have been following up once a month since surgery with my new doctor. My right eye looks much better but still feels numb and does not open like the other when i look up. The good news is that I'm the only one who notices the problem without pointing it out to someone. The bad news is that i will probably have to have it corrected with a second surgery. The doctor has encouraged me to wait on the correction for as long as a year. The longer i let the healing settle from the first surgery, the better the correction. He did say it would be a minor surgery to tighten the muscle in that eye.....which is positive.

So I'm now 3 months post op. Left eye is still bigger looking than the right. Looks like the eye ball is swollen and when I smile the right eye looks smaller than the left. Its very disturbing. Two different results on each eye. PS tryed Drops, creams, vitamins etc nothing worked original surgeon didn't know what to do next, asked me if I wanted to try an antibiotic for a sinus infection??? ??? Huh... What?..... I had NO symptoms of a sinus infection, when I told him this he said yeh ok. Then he suggested I should use a eye mask ..............OMG.Have never had a doctor ask me if I wanted to try meds! He should know what hes doing. Will never go back to him. Second opinion said give it 12 months before revision, (then pay the big buck again) to have the first PS surgery fixed. Second opinion said this is probably close to my final result due to to much fat begin taken out of the left eye brow/lid, so left eye looks sunken and bigger than the right. Will require a fat transfer/skin graft maybe? Just so upsetting. Not sure if I can do it. Don't like the results, and would never have done this surgery if I knew this would happen. Hope you have good results from your PS. Get a second and third opinion if you need, it does help.

Again, I should have used an oculoplatic surgeon for this procedure not a plastic surgeon. I did not do my homework :( this is a very common surgery that can have excellent results by a properly experienced surgeon. I hope you find a solution your happy with in the end. It stinks to be in the "bad results" club where we are.

You mighty want to see an oculoplastic surgeon. Read the doctors comments here and then Search my first posing "one eye won't open" and read the doctors comments there. I found them very helpful....and hopeful.