Surgery for Right Eyelid Ptosis?

I am 30 years old and I have acute ptosis in my right eye since birth. Initially, the eyelid used to cover the entire eyeball. I got it operated 7 years back, and the surgeon used the sling method to fix it. However, after a couple of months, it started drooping back again. Now, the eyelid covers about 75% of the eyeball. I am considering a surgery again, I want to know if there has been any new advancements in the surgery techniques because after my first surgery (which didn’t fix the problem completely) I had several problems. Any advice on treatment?

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3 Doctor Answers | Asked by Ray786 in Bentonvill, AR

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Ptosis repair

It sounds like it is time to have your right eyelid ptosis repaired again. If it is blocking 75% of the visual fields across the pupil it will need to be repaired. There are multiple different techniques for performing ptosis repair from the traditional outside incision approach in the eyelid crease to the inside approach by trimming Mueller’s muscle on the inside of the eyelid. An oculoplastic surgeon with many years of experience performing these types of procedures would be... more

Right eyelid ptosis

Dear Ray Crowell Beard, M.D. wrote the definitive text book on ptosis surgery in 1969. I have to say that it remains a very important reference 40 years later. It is said that children with ptosis need an oculoplastic surgeon for life. Your sling surgery needs to be revised. You might consider looking up Dr. David Wilkes in Little Rock.

Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD

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Los Angeles Oculoplastic Surgeon

Congenital eyelid ptosis

Dear Ray There are multiple techniques available to fix ptosis (droopy eyelid). If you have that much blockage of your visual field you will need revisional surgery. Make sure you look for someone who has experience doing this kind of surgery.