My Eyes Seem Too Small for my Head. Is It Possible to Fix This with Surgery?

asked 10 months ago by cdnman in Peterborough, ON
Latest answer by George Marosan, MD
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Hello, I have always had smaller Asian like eyes my entire life. It has always bothered me because to be honest I have a larger head so it to me looks strange and has always made me shy away from having my picture taken. I lack in the nose department as well so I am wondering if that could be the problem as to why my eyes look closed in so much? Is it possible to fix this and if so what would be a good estimate for the surgery as well as recovery time. Thanks for your time.

5 answers to My Eyes Seem Too Small for my Head. Is It Possible to Fix This with Surgery?

Small eyes big head

Thanks for the photos. Without doing any measurement, you appear to have a long face. This makes the eyes seem a little higher than they should be. Ther's nothing wrong with your lids or eyes. I would avoid surgery especially a brow lift. Brow lift in a man tends to feminize the face. I'm sure you would not be in any pictures after surgery. Although you don't show a lateral view, I think that your nasal bridge is low and this gives the illusion that your eyes are far apart. more

George Marosan, MD
Bellevue Plastic Surgeon

Surgery for you will be a big mistake.

I see nothing wrong with the size of your eyes. Your eyebrows are a bit heavy. Should you get a forehead lift to address this? You are twentish with a receeding hairline. The forehead lift will put unsightly scars on your face. Upper eyelid surgery alone will actually make your eyebrow ptosis worse. Microdroplet BOTOX will create a lift along the brow without surgery but only lasts 4-6 months. What to do? Well I think before a surgeon tries to... more

Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD
Los Angeles Oculoplastic Surgeon

Upper blepharoplasty

Hi. In fact, your eyes are of normal size. What you are seeing is the heavy eyelids that make the eyes seem smaller. An upper blepharoplasty, reshaping the upper lid area to give you a more visible lid would help give the illusion of larger eyes.

Hugh McLean, MD
Mississauga Plastic Surgeon

Small Eyes

The soft tissue around your eyes and the position of your brow as well as the height of your forehead and full cheecks and prominent chin may give the appearance of disproportinately small eyes. I would suggest you try small, minimally invasive or non-invasive options first to see if you can achieve incremental improvement and possibly titrate the effect to where you see appreciable improvement. You can do that by elevating your brows with Botox or Dysport injections which can also be used... more

Edwin Ishoo, MD
Boston Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.bostoncosmeticsurgerycenter.com

Open up EYES with upper lid blepharoplasty and forhead lift

YOU CAN OPEN YOUR EYES IF YOU WISH WITH A UPPER EYELID LIFT AND POSSIBLE A FOREHEAD LIFT. THE EYELID SURGERY ALONE WILL DO A LOT. GIVE IT A TRY. IT WILL WORK! LATER IF YOU DESIRE MORE YOU CAN DO THE BROW LIFT.. YOUR EYELIDS ARE CONGENITALLY HEAVY AND YOUR BROW IS LOW. BOTH CAN BE CORRECTED. DR GEORGE COMMONS

George Commons, MD
Palo Alto Plastic Surgeon

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