Options for correcting permanent puffy eyelids and bulging eyes?

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A: Treatment options for puffy eyelids and bulging eyes

By William Portuese, MD - Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon

It is important to get your allergies under control through allergy testing, desensitization shots if needed, and cortisone nasal sprays and antihistamines. Once allergies have been addressed and taken care of, make sure that you are not eating a high-salt diet and getting fluid retention in the fat... more

A: Puffy Eyes Needs More Than Surgery

By Tanveer Janjua, MD - Bedminster Facial Plastic Surgeon

The puffy eyes can be a symptom of an underlying medical condition related to thyroid, allergic condition, kidney disease etc. It needs to be throughly evaluated by an internist. Once it has been established that you do not have any serious underlying medical condition then you can undergo a conservative... more

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By Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD - Los Angeles Oculoplastic surgeon

Dear Moh It certainly sounds like you have an issue. It is thought that rubbing the eyelids can have a long term effect on the eyelid architecture. There is good evidence that this type of chronic eyelid rubbing can contribute to changes in the cornea that cause long term thinning of the cornea and in some... more

A: Allergies won't cause bulging eyes or eyelids.

By David C. Pearson, MD - Jacksonville Facial Plastic Surgeon

Recurrent bouts of swelling of the eyelids at a young age that leads to permanent effects may represent a condition known as blepharochalasis, which is quite different than the age-related changes of the eyelids. By your description, allergies alone would not do this. As for the bulging eyes, it would be very... more

A: Treatment of puffy eyelids

By Jeffrey E. Schreiber, MD - Baltimore Plastic Surgeon

It sounds as though you may have Grave's disease. It might be worth checking with your primary care physician or local endocrinologist to test you for this. Otherwise, you may need a combination of eyelid surgery and surgery around the actual globe of the eye to correct the problems that you are... more

A: Puffy and bulging eyes

By Janet M. Neigel, MD - Newark Oculoplastic surgeon

Patients with allergies do tend to get bags much earlier than other patients. Sometimes surgery is the best option. If you are not ready for surgery I sometimes use Restylane to disguise the bags and fill in the valleys along the lower lid and side of eyes. Botox or Dysport can be used to... more