Hello! Thank you in advance for the comments/advice! I am a 24 year old male and am insecure about my eyes. My concern specifically is that my eyes seem to be lazy/ droopy . One eyelid droops more than the other especially when I am tired.I also seem to have excess upper eyelid skin. Overall I’d like to open my eyes and make them look more symmetrical. Would ptosis surgery (or other procedure) address my concern ? Thanks!!!!
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You have included two eyestrip pictures. Once showing a lateral tethering with definite lateral eyelid contour peaking. In the other eyestrip, the eyelid contours look normal with one eye a bit heavier than the other. The first question is the appearance of over correction only present when you...
The reason for this is simple. Leaving the lower eyelid where it is and fixing the ptosis will exacerbate dry eye. It makes much more sense to first fix the lower eyelid retraction before repairing the ptosis. Do not have a Muellerectomy, It will not correct your upper eyelid ptosis. Many of...
Perhaps 80% of ptosis surgery is performed by Mullerectomy. It is popular because the anatomy is simple and a competent surgeon can perform bilateral Mullerectomy (Muller's muscle conjunctival resection ptosis surgery) in about 8 minutes. It is important to understand that surgeons are so in...