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Eyes Are Smaller After Lower Eyelid Lift
I had the surgery in Jan of this year...I voiced my concerns to my doctor last week...he said my eyes still need to "settle"?.Its been 3 months and I'm very concerned that this is permanent. My heart is broken..I just wanted to lose the bags,,,not lose my big beautiful eyes that were my very best feature.. WHAT have I done!! Is there any chance they will return to orginal size? Other people have noticed as well. I'm very depressed. What can be done?
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Smaller eyes after Lower eyelid surgery
Smaller appearring eyes after a lower eyelid surgery typically are caused by a malposition of the lower eyelids. Transcutaneous (incision on outside of eyelids) lower eyelid techniques have a higher reported incidence of this compared with the transconjunctival (incision inside the eyelid) lower Blepharoplasty technique.
Lower eyelid malposition can be rotation, of the lower eyelid, inward or downward. Downward rotation, of the lower eyelid, causes the outer...
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Eye Shape after Lower Blepharoplasty
Hi Question1234,
I'm sorry to hear of your concerns.
As other cosmetic surgeons and specialists have stated, it's difficult to provide a more specific answer without photographs. The eye shape can change in a variety of ways after eyelid surgery. After a lid lift, more commonly the eyes may look smaller possibly due to your plastic surgeon tightening a weak lower eyelid. This tightening is performed to help prevent the opposite problems of sagging lower eyelid and...
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Lower eyelid abnormality
The eyelid shape/contour can change after lower eyelid surgery due to various reasons, such as muscle weakness and/or scarring or if too much skin taken off. It may be possible that your problem will resolve with time, however you may consider consult with an oculoplastic surgeon for second opinion.
Dr Taban
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Eyes and size
Your eyes themseleves do not change size. Sometimes with an upper lid bleph there is an illusion of having smallr eyes after the upper lid extenede creast( folded skin) is removed. If the lower lid had a canthopexy, it might have slighlty angulated your lower lid.
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Please add your pictures
It is hard to answer your questions without pictures. The eye shape should not change with regular eye lift.
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Changing eyelid shape after surgery
It would be great if you could post some before and after pictures. It would make it much more informative for other patients and also give us the opportunity to give you more specific advice. That said, only three months after surgery, you will still see changes as the tissues settle and the swelling resolves. At this point, I would suggest seeing you doctor again in three months for a re-evaluation.
Good Luck.
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Eyelid change in shape after 3 months.
Eyelid change in shape after 3 months is common and will probably go away in another 3 months to a year. It is easily corrected if it remains after that, but I doubt that it will.
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Impossible to answer you definitively without photographs.
Dear Question 1234
After eyelid surgery, the eye shape can change in a variety of ways. Much depends on precisely what was done surgically. It is common now for general plastic surgeons to combine some type of internal canthal support procedure (such a canthopexy) with their lower transcutaneous blepharoplasty to reduce the risk of pulling the lower eyelid down after surgery. This can happen as a common outcome of lower eyelid surgery because generally, this type of...
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