I had this procedure performed about 10 years ago and was told by the plastic surgeon at that time that it could not be done again and in time would need a full face lift. The eyes have dropped and am now being told by a different surgeon that there is no problem performing this again. I am 58 years old. Please advise. Thanks.
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You have a straight brow and a naturally hooded eyelid, and your temples and brows do not have much fat. There are multiple attractive celebrities and other young people with this anatomy, but it makes it diffucult to wear many eye shadow styles and requires careful grooming of brows. If you've...
You analysis is correct. The left lateral canthal angle is disinserted. This causes the eye to look smaller. A lateral canthoplasty not a canthopexy is what you need. The canthoplasty is an open canthal reconstruction that reattaches the lateral limb of the eyelids to the...
Of course, with any procedures requiring trauma to the skin, there exists the risk of unpredictable scarring, and I assume your are referring to the skin (not the iris) becoming depigmented. I have had several patients over the past 10 years with that condition, and they have healed...