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Ptosis surgery - bad result. What are my options? (Photo)

mdjrjrjApr 22, 2024
Hi I had external levator surgery for ptosis on Right eye. After 4 weeks i see the crease is too high and the lid apprears to be still little droppy. Eyes are totally asymmetric What are my option? How do you fix this?Surgery was March 21

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Lauren D. Mileo, MD

It looks like your left upper eyelid hangs lower over your eye than your right. This is called "ptosis." Your case is mild and is like congenital (you were born with a weaker muscle on that left side) and is just getting worse overtime. There are surgical (ptosis repair) and nonsurgical (upneeq...

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Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD

I am skeptical that you had "maximal" advancement of the anterior levator. Meaning you likely have a real probability that revisional surgery would be beneficial. It appears that more could have been done to control the eyelid platform which appears to still contain redundant skin and muscle...

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Soheila Rostami, MD, FAAO, FAACS

The photo from 2020 is a great photo, but the rest of the photos are either while you squinting or smiling. You have to have exact same photo as the 2020. But if your eyes are not as open as 2020, you have mild ptosis of both eyes.

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