My 1 month old son has one eye bigger than the other. Is he suffering from ptosis and can it be fixed in the future?

May 15, 2015
Asked By:leila2151 in Canadian, TX

My baby have exactly one month and 5 days, as you can see in the attach photos, he can’t open one of his eyes completely, I went to the doctors and they suggest us to wait until his grow, for example till 15years or more, and after that he will need the drooping eyelids surgery, right now they gave me the eye drop , it was effective also, we are really confused and upset because of him, please tell us is it better to do a surgery now or waiting as his doctor said ? Thank you in advance

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May 15, 2015

Answer: Okay, you took your baby to the wrong type of doctor.

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Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MDOculoplastic Surgeon, Board Certified in Ophthalmology
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May 15, 2015

Answer: Okay, you took your baby to the wrong type of doctor.

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Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MDOculoplastic Surgeon, Board Certified in Ophthalmology
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May 16, 2015

Answer: Congenital eyelid ptosis surgery timing

Mehryar (Ray) Taban, MD, FACSOculoplastic Surgeon, Board Certified in Ophthalmology
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May 16, 2015

Answer: Congenital eyelid ptosis surgery timing

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

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