Removed too much skin during upper eyelid surgery (Photo)

February 4, 2016
Asked By:aydakkk in Chicago, IL

Hi I had upper eyelid surgery about 7 years ago. During surgery surgeon removed too much skin and so I can't close my eye completely. Also the scar looks terrible too. I'm asian, and saw a lot of koreans got upper eyelid surgery without any scar. If you can help me please let me know. I prefer Chicago and LA area surgeons thank you

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