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Upper Eyelid Surgery - Detroit, MI
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It's been two weeks and I have a slight droop...
PpscSeptember 27, 2011
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It's been two weeks and I have a slight droop in one eye which makes one eye slightly bigger then the other along with pain in my eyeball.. ..wondering if this is normal healing process?
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September 29, 2011
After my upper blepharoplasty, by Otto Placik, one
eye looked different than the other and still does
a year and half later.
He reviewed it after 6 mo., claiming both
lids measured the same, but one needed more tightening in the levator muscle.
One lid is cut too high and has some drooping,
two separate surgeons acknowledged this, but recommended leaving it alone for fear the lid
would not close in the future which leads to
(slow) blindness. I will seek more evaluations
to see if I should remedy this.
eye looked different than the other and still does
a year and half later.
He reviewed it after 6 mo., claiming both
lids measured the same, but one needed more tightening in the levator muscle.
One lid is cut too high and has some drooping,
two separate surgeons acknowledged this, but recommended leaving it alone for fear the lid
would not close in the future which leads to
(slow) blindness. I will seek more evaluations
to see if I should remedy this.
September 29, 2011
Do you have pictures? I also have one eye slightly smaller than the other. When I close my eyes I can see one (left) has the incision higher than the other...
September 29, 2011
When I look up, one eye is fully open, but not the
other. At night only the affected eye droops. The
mistake starts by not going to an oculo-plastic
surgeon as this surgery is delicate and surgeons are
motivated by greed instead of ethics. My eye is cut
about a millimeter too high so that if you are not
familiar with me, it would not be noticeable, but
once I point it out, then people see it. My own
surgeon did say the levator was not tight enough,
but claimed both lids measured the same, however,
as the swelling cleared, the eyelids are visibly
different and the smaller one looks and feels better.
I will have my son take a picture and post it to
give you an idea. The second plastic surgeon I
went to, saw everything immediately and asked,
"who did this to you?"
other. At night only the affected eye droops. The
mistake starts by not going to an oculo-plastic
surgeon as this surgery is delicate and surgeons are
motivated by greed instead of ethics. My eye is cut
about a millimeter too high so that if you are not
familiar with me, it would not be noticeable, but
once I point it out, then people see it. My own
surgeon did say the levator was not tight enough,
but claimed both lids measured the same, however,
as the swelling cleared, the eyelids are visibly
different and the smaller one looks and feels better.
I will have my son take a picture and post it to
give you an idea. The second plastic surgeon I
went to, saw everything immediately and asked,
"who did this to you?"
September 29, 2011
my left eye has the higher incision. the other day my sister asked if my eye was drooping. this eye is the one i have had dry eye issues with. to me it is slightly smaller than the right eye but i never noticed it drooping before... now i'm worried(again).
Hi Ppsc -- Can you tell if it's still swollen? You may also want to post your question (and photos, if you have them) on the Doctor Q&A Forum for some opinions.
Good luck and please keep us posted on how you're doing.
trauma, but there should be no pain in the eye
itself. Sometimes there is dryness, but that
resolves with time.