How Can I Fix One Drooping Eye?

This is a complicated question to answer without examining you, as the options for correction of this problem include blepharoplasty, browlift, or even a ptosis procedure (a procedure for a droopy lid). The best advice I can give you is to seek out a plastic surgeon in your area that is familiar and comfortable with eyelid surgery so that he or she can give you the best options for correction, as the eyelids are best corrected at the first procedure. Second opinions are also a good idea... more

A droopy eyelid can be caused by various things. 1. Nerve: nerve damage can cause a droopy eyelid 2. contacts: contact lens wearers can weaken the muscles that lift their eyelids and cause them to droopy 3. Age: Sometimes the muscle that lifts the eyelid can become weak over time 4. Mechanical: If there is a stye or bump on the eyelid from a growth that can weigh down the eyelid and make it droopy 5. Medication: Various medicines but most commonly botox if injected... more

Unfortunately, there is no way to answer this without examining you. "Droopy" means different things to different people so without knowing what the problem is, there can't be a way to present you with appropriate options. To some people, droopy means extra skin that can be improved by a blepharoplasty. To others, droopy means that the eyelid isn't as open as the other which is a condition called ptosis. This requires a separate type of surgery. Please seek consultation with... more

It sounds like you are describing eyelid ptosis in your left eye. This refers to a weakness of the muscle that maintains the normal eyelid position. Correcting eyelid ptosis is often a very straightforward procedure. It may be done from the inside of the eyelid or, occasionally, from the outside. It may also be combined with blepharoplasty surgery for rejuvenation, if desired.

Ptosis or drooping of eyelids can be caused by multiple factors. These can include weakening or stretching of the muscles which elevate your eyelid, nerve damage to the nerve which stimulates those muscles, mechanical which something weighs down your eyelid, or inflammation from an infection or foreign body. You mention wear of a contact lens of the side not affected. Why the use of a contact lens on one side? If you are using your right eye mostly to see, then with inattention the left... more

If one eye is drooping and the lid margin is the problem where it covers more of your iris than the other eye, then the simple solution is a ptosis repair to tighten the muscle on that side. This is most commonly caused by stretching the eyelid as in contact usage. This is a simple procedure done under local anesthesia generally speaking. However, other issues like a drooping eyebrow or excess skin can cause similar problems so pictures of your condition would be more helpful in better... more

Rarely, a contact lens can injure the levator muscle which is reponsible for opening and maintaining the position of the upper eyelid. You may have a tear in the levator aponeurosis which inserts the levator muscle into the eyelid fold. This defect if present can be repaired. You need a very specific eyelid exam to determine oif you have this problem. I would see an occuloplastic surgeon--an ophthamologist who specializes in eyelid surgery.