Blepharoplasty & Cataract Surgery

You do have mild right upper eyelid ptosis and you may also have mild upper eyelid ptosis on the left side.  It requires a very detailed assessment of an oculoplastic surgeon.  Should you have surgery?  It very much depends on your examination.  Small degrees of ptosis may be...

I guess your surgeon was behind the door when they did the lecture on how long it takes dissolvable sutures to break down.  There are some stitches that do break down in about 6 days ( fast-absorbing gut).  However, it is common for surgeons to use chromic gut.  It no longer...

A postoperative patient simply needs a balanced diet that may or may not include nutrient supplementation with vitamins as these are co-factors in your healing. I think you can put your “collagen supplement budget” into a good quality skin care. Collagen supplementation does not improve the...

For most patients with congenital ptosis, the levator muscle is not like a normal muscle.  So when we perform surgery to elevate the lid, it will usually not close normally again.  If the surgery is done at a young age, the cornea will adapt to the exposure.  If...

It is very unusual for someone to be perfectly symmetric in the eyes and face, so it is more normal to have some slight degree of asymmetry.  I would definitely say that the amount of asymmetry in your eyes is minor and would not be concerned with it.  No one looking at you casually...

In even the best of hands changing your lid from a Caucasian creased lid to an Asiatic appearance is challenging and fraught with “recurrences” of the creased position. I would tell you that it is not likely to have long term good results as it is not the anatomy of your eyelid that could be ...