One Eye Wont Open After Eyelid Surgery? (photo)

January 20, 2013
Asked By:sandiegoliving in California

Surgery Date 1/03/2013 My right eye is still not opening and its vision is blurry. The doctor put a drop in the eye to stimulate the muscle and it opened for about 5 minutes :) However, I neglected to ask him what that might mean for me! Does this reaction to the eye-drop mean I have muscle damage rather than tendon damage? Is the damage likely to repair itself over time? How common is this kind of complication? And is there anything I can do to help strengthen that muscle but wait?

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January 24, 2013

Answer: Eyelid surgery healing

Mehryar (Ray) Taban, MD, FACSOculoplastic Surgeon, Board Certified in Ophthalmology
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January 24, 2013

Answer: Eyelid surgery healing

Mehryar (Ray) Taban, MD, FACSOculoplastic Surgeon, Board Certified in Ophthalmology
January 23, 2013

Answer: Ptosis repair or blepharoplasty [or both]

A.J. Amadi, MDOculoplastic Surgeon, Board Certified in Ophthalmology
January 23, 2013

Answer: Ptosis repair or blepharoplasty [or both]

A.J. Amadi, MDOculoplastic Surgeon, Board Certified in Ophthalmology
January 23, 2013

Answer: First you are very early from surgery.

Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MDOculoplastic Surgeon, Board Certified in Ophthalmology
January 23, 2013

Answer: First you are very early from surgery.

Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MDOculoplastic Surgeon, Board Certified in Ophthalmology

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January 23, 2013

Answer: Blepharoplasty

January 23, 2013

Answer: Blepharoplasty

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