Could I attend a social event 10 days post-op ptosis repair?

Hi, I am not sure why you should not get surgery if you want it.  Contraindication to surgery in your case might be extreme dry eye, but it doesn't seem like that is an issue, from what I can gather. I don't see much by way of significant risk or complications.  The greatest...

I have not personally assessed you.  There is no substitute for that.  No matter which approach is used, the examination needs to assess your degree of levator function. That is a measure of the excursion of the upper eyelid. That has profound implications for whether any ptosis surgery will b...

I need to examine you to better tell you. Revision eyelid ptosis surgery using a different approach may be an option. See following link.

My practice includes revision of unsatisfactory ptosis surgery.  Ptosis surgery has a very high failure rate.  It is not like taking an appendix out.  The eyelids need to heal even while you are using them.  The fix is to surgically revise the upper eyelid.  I would approach this with a revi...