I got jumped,got a black eye, and never went to the hospital. It's been a year and now my eyelid has scarring and it shuts before my left eye. Can I fix it?
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You had ptosis before surgery and your recent surgery made things much worse. The problem was not the prior surgery. The problem is that like many surgeons performing eyelid surgery, she does not understand eyelids and does not understand eyelid anatomy. With the preoperative appearance you had,...
It appears that your eyelid retraction is more severe than you think, based on these photos. It may require more than canthopexy? In person consultation with a couple of very good board certified plastic or Oculoplastic surgeons to discuss your options is recommended. Good luck.
It is hard to tell in the picture, but it also looks like you have some significant brow asymmetry which is contributing to the eyelid asymmetry. A blepharoplasty would certainly help some of the excess skin, but I would be concerned this would not address the overall asymmetry which likely...