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Lower Eyelid Pulling Away from Eye After Lower Bleph/mid-face Lift
I'm 3wks postop & have been massaging & streching the tissue to correct this, but am wondering if I'm doing this correctly. What is the best technique & when should I see results from doing this? Thank you for your time & help.
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lc1980
in denver
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Lower lid pulling away
Not a terribly uncommon phenom. Although more info is needed. If you are only a few days to a week or two out from your surgery, this could be fine. I absolutely have all my lower bleph patients excercise their lower lids to keep them from contracting. The other remarks that my colleagues have made are excellent. Be sure to have close f/u with your surgeon. Long term depending on degree of ectropion, it can be an issue.
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You need to discuss this with your surgeon
You have ectropin that can be secondary to the conjunctival swelling or secondary to the excess skin excision. You should have your surgeon show you the correct message therapy . You also may need to have canthoplasty if starting to get dry eye. Surgical treatment is the last option.
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Lower eyelid pulling away after surgery - discuss with your surgeon
Although I don't know the details of your case, the combination of midface lift and lower bleph is known to have a higher probability for ectropion which is the eyelid pulling away. Most often it gets better with time but you should definitely be discussing it with your surgeon.
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OK, you are basically in trouble here.
What you need to make sure is that your surgeon is open and honest with you. They should be following you closely. There is no precisely right way to massage the lower eyelid because this physical therapy can't and does not fix all of these problems. This lower eyelid midface combination has an extremely high rate of this type of complication. When it occurs, it is usually a combination of nerve damage, too much scaring, and not enough skin left in the lower...
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