Any Doctor Comfortable Repairing Asian Eyelid and Brow Ptosis, Including Crease?

asked 1 year ago by vakay
Latest answer by Kenneth K. Kim, MD
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Tags: eyelids, female

I am an Asian woman with congenital ptosis on both eyes. About ten years ago, I had surgery done to help with my visual. The surgery was completed under "medical" terms, which means only the minimum repair was done. I am now looking to redo my surgery. I want to repair the ptosis on my eyelids and brow. I also want to fix my eyelid crease. I'm looking for a doctor that is comfortable working with Asian eyes. The last doctor did not do a great jump fixing my crease.

5 answers to Any Doctor Comfortable Repairing Asian Eyelid and Brow Ptosis, Including Crease?

Repairing Asian Eyelid and Brow Ptosis

If you have eyelid ptosis, you should not have brow ptosis, especially if you had surgery about ten years ago for congenital ptosis. If you have congenital ptosis, it means that you usually would have had surgery during your early childhood, and therefore, brow ptosis from aging would not have set in. The reason I mentioned this is that when one has ptosis, one is trying to raise their eyelids so that they also raise their brow. So often people with eyelid ptosis characteristically have an... more

Kenneth K. Kim, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

Congenital ptosis repair is complex

Your repair will be complex due to the combination of reoperation, congenital ptosis, and Asian eyelids. Congenital ptosis repair is very challenging, and the most difficult aspect of your combination. I would suggest going to an oculoplastic surgeon who does a lot of congenital ptosis surgery. I do the congenital ptosis surgery for the children from Children's Hospital Los Angeles and I also do double eyelid surgery. I would be happy to evaluate you. more

Melanie Ho Erb, MD
Santa Monica Oculoplastic Surgeon

Oculoplastic surgeon for Asian eyelid with ptosis

Look for a physician who specializes in oculoplastic surgery and has performed thousands of Asian eyelid surgeries prior to embarking on a revision difficult surgery including functional and cosmetic purposes on Asian eyelids.

William Portuese, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon

Double Eyelid Surgery with Ptosis Repair and Brow Ptosis Repair

Re-operations are always challenging. However, if your previous surgery did not address all your concerns, re-operation may be warranted. Your three issues, eyelid height, eyelid crease, and eye brow height all interact and therefore should be addressed by an experienced surgeon with all these issues; consider an oculoplastics surgeon for further consultation.

Carlo Rob Bernardino, MD
Monterey Oculoplastic Surgeon

Asian eyes

Agreed the problem can be difficuly. It appears the first surgeon may have been more conservative that you wanted. You can have your lids lifted and an appropriate crease made to get the look you want. You need to see a surgeon with experience in this and see numerous before and after photos.

Richard Galitz, MD
Miami Facial Plastic Surgeon

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