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My Outer Corner or Tails of my Eyes Are Pointing Downwards. Will a Temporal or Sub Brow Lift Help?

asked 11 months ago by lizzie NY
Latest answer by Richard H. Tholen, MD, FACS
Question viewed 272 times
Tags: eyes, droopy, options, tired eyes

26 years old, female. the tails of my eyes point downwards (same with my mom, hers downslopes as well). other people say i look tired most of the time even though im not! what surgery would you recommend to pull the outer corners up to make my eyes more awake but not like a deer-in-headlights look? please help. thanks.

3 answers to My Outer Corner or Tails of my Eyes Are Pointing Downwards. Will a Temporal or Sub Brow Lift Help?

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This is an upper eyelid skin issue, not a brow position issue!

You do not have the (higher) visible pretarsal fold present in Caucasian or Occidental upper eyelids (actually, your photograph shows a low and minimally-visible pretarsal fold common in patients of Asian descent). This is what is causing the upper eyelid lateral "hooding" that bothers you. Your lateral canthus is actually nicely higher than your medial canthus, giving you a true upward eye tilt that is generally considered not only aesthetically... more
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Brow Lift for the sides of the brows

From the one view I see, it does not look like you need or should have a brow lift. However, if what you are talking about is the very corner of the eyelids, a brow lift will not help and you should consider a blepharoplasty. Even though when you lift the brow directly with your finger, it may improve the corner of the eyes, an actual brow lift does not really do that effectively. I suggest you speak with a plastic surgeon and communicate exactly what... more
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Brow and eyelid lifting

If the picture below the posted question matches, it is important that you recognize that 1. You do not need a brow lift at all. 2. Patient's of Asian dissent have different anatomy then patient's of westernized countries and with this different anatomy, some of the surgical treatments for aging of the eyelids can also be different. It is difficult to discern, without examining you in person, whether or not your complaint is related to aging or whether or not... more

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