I had a upper blepharoplasty on July 9. I am healing fairly well but it is difficult to look upwards. My vision becomes blurred and I feel a strain on my eyeballs or eyelids. Is this normal? My doctor keeps saying everything is fine.
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Oculoplastic surgery fellowships, which are two years in duration, provide a great deal of training in facial plastic surgery. Oculoplastic surgeons trained in the past 20 years do many of their procedures on the face, mid face, and forehead. For this reason many surgeons acknowledge...
Functional eyelid surgery is something that defines as medically necessary. Excessive drooping of the upper eyelid may affect peripheral vision and your ability to see on the side. Excess skin is normal from the upper lids and will improve appearance with a more youthful look.
You are right in looking for a
specialist who corrects deficiencies of the orbital rim, but there is more to your situation
regarding the deficiency, as seen in your profile photo.
The deficiency is more than just the orbital rim itself, the entire mid cheek skeleton
is underdeveloped. The...