Non-Symmetrical Eyelids

asked 1 year ago by Andree in Sao Paulo
Latest answer by Claudio DeLorenzi, MD
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Tags: upper eyelids, asymmetry, options

Hello.. My eyes are asymmetrical like the photo. below the eyebrows in the right picture, lose fat and now sunk. I think a fill is necessary to replace de lost fat.. Is there anything I can do?

4 answers to Non-Symmetrical Eyelids

Excessively hollow upper eyelid

It is difficult to assess from this picture but it appears as if your levator attachment is attenuated as well because the supratarsal crease appears to be higher than normal. Repair of the levator aponeurosis may be beneficial. Fat grafting is difficult to predict in the lid and can lead to irregularities or lumpiness.

Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Asymmetric Upper Eyelids

Regarding : "Non-Symmetrical Eyelids Hello.. My eyes are asymmetrical like the photo. below the eyebrows in the right picture, lose fat and now sunk. I think a fill is necessary to replace de lost fat.. Is there anything I can do?" The merged photo is not great but demonstrates a major loss of the upper lid tarsal fold. This suggests that the insertion of the Levator muscle lifting the upper lid into the upper lid skin and tarsal plate was either largely missing (at... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon

Hollowness of the Upper Eyelid Might Mean Trouble...

Most patients with asymmetry of the upper eyelids are completely normal. However, a percentage of these patients will have what is called "levator dehiscence". The upper eyelids move up and down. The "up muscle" is called the levator ( lifter upper, or 'elevator' for you Latin aficionados). The attachment of the levator to the lid is complex, and it includes fibers to the skin as well as to the cartilage in the upper eyelid.... more

Claudio DeLorenzi, MD
Toronto Plastic Surgeon