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I'm a 15 years old Asian female. Do I have ptosis? (Photo)

jasmine123456789Jul 12, 2014
I'm a 15 years old Asian female. This is really bugging me and I already asked my mom to look at it and she says theres nothing, she would'nt take me to the hospital either. I've noticed this for about 4 months now but it wasnt that big of a deal until now. I was really hoping that this wouldn't be ptosis because im scared of surgery and when I read abt non-surgical options, there weren't really any of them. Thanks

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