Procedure for skin shortage in corner of left upper eyelid?

I have skin shortage, hollowness, and scarring in my left upper eyelid from upper eyelid surgery performed in 2006. What would be best for me to do?

Procedure for skin shortage in corner of left upper eyelid?
2 answers to “Procedure for skin shortage in...”

A: Upper eyelid hollowness

Farhad Rafizadeh, MD
By Farhad Rafizadeh, MD - Morristown Plastic Surgeon

It is unfair to judge your post op results without seeing the preop pictures. You may have a relative hollowness in the upper lip even without surgery. If this hollowness bothers you it can be corrected by judicious micro-fat grafting bellow the orbicularis oculi muscle.

A: Fat

Christopher L. Hess, MD
By Christopher L. Hess, MD - Fairfax Plastic Surgeon

I would agree that you definitely have a hollowness about your eyes.  This is especially noticeable in the medial area of the upper lid.  This is due to overly aggressive removal of fat from the medial fat pad.  Your surgeon did the "typical" upper eyelid surgery-removal of skin,... more

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