I'm 16 years old and am extremely insecure about the purple veins above my eyes/on my eyelids. I understand that everybody has them, but mine are extremely noticeable, more noticeable than the average person. They are worse in person than in the picture. Is there anyway I can get it removed or make them less noticeable? And is there a name for this?
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Insurance companies realize that many patients seek blepharoplasty surgery for cosmetic reasons. As such, the criteria for insurance coverage of a blepharoplasty are quite stringent. Insurance companies evaluate the amount of blockage of your visual field (determined by...
In the course of healing and scar formation six weeks in a two year old child is still very early. Children can have a more vigorous healing response than adults and this could make the healing scar look more prominent. Frequently it takes a healing wound at least six months for the...
Congenital ptosis, meaning ptosis that you were born with, is due to the fact that a particular muscle called the levator muscle did not develop completely. The muscle neither contracts properly nor relaxes properly. I’m assuming that the procedure done when you were 3 was a levator resection a...