Drooping Eye Lids in my early 20's, is this ptosis or something else? Will my insurance cover it?

March 2, 2017
Asked By:haleymarie5 in Blue Bell, PA

Im in my early 20s and in the past couple months Ive noticed that my eye brows and lids dropped. My eye lids have a fold over/crease both when my eyes are open and closed, I can feel the extra weight from this. It hasnt caused any vision loss, but it is quite annoying and Im worried it will only get worse over the years. Does this sound like ptosis? If so what is the best course of action to fix this? Because of my age is my insurance more likely to cover this or does that not make a difference?

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