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.
Hi. Your ptosis is apparent in your photo but it is difficult to appreciate your depressed cheek bones. It is also not possible to tell if your eye is sunken in (enophthalmos). There are several conditions that can cause ptosis and a sunken mid face or eye. Lab testing or imaging studies may be...
The swelling should not affect the final outcome. However in the short term it may actually make the lid look lower since the weight of the swelling can pull the lid down. If it was even post-op it would be unusual for it to fall at 3 weeks, but it can. If still swollen give it...
It appears that you do have ptosis. Your left upper eyelid is lower and in addition your left eyebrow is lower than your right. You can correct this with a left brow lift at the time of ptosis repair.