Hello, The asymmetry in my eyelids have always bothered me. For a while I blamed it on ptosis, and have been planning to consult an ophthalmologist about it. But the more I look at photos,the less I think such a procedure would help. Take a look at my photo. My left upper and lower eyelids appear 'off' relative to the right eyelids, but not to a great extent. This gives me a wide eyed look that looks especially uncanny in photographs, because the asymmetry is so glaring. My friends notice that my eyes appear bulged much like Steve Buscemi's. I notice this myself in photographs and have spent a while trying to find out why. Eventually I realized that the 'hooded skin' of my left upper eyelid (the eyelid to your right in the photo I attached) doesn't cover it as much as the hood of my right eyelid does. This gives them a 'froggy' or 'doll's eye' look. On a whim I googled up 'eyelid fillers' hoping there was a procedure to fill this eyelid hood with fat, and lo and behold, these procedures do exist. I'm posting here to get some advice. Am I wrong in thinking that the eyelid hood needs fat fillers? Or is this just another case of ptosis and should I go with the surgery to correct it? The photo doesn't do my condition justice. Believe me in that the left eye appears really bulged sometimes, unless I willingly scrunch up brow to make my upper eyelid fat cover it. Thank you for reading.
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January 23, 2014
Answer: I personally would be concerned about you.
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Ptosis after pregnancy is not unheard of. In fact I have treated a number of patients who developed asymmetry in their eyelids after pregnancy. Get a good evaluation with an oculoplastic surgeon before proceeding with anything. With regards to her weight gain, 75 pounds is...