How Can I Correct Bug Eyes? (photo)

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Im tired of people saying im an alien,frog,owl etc..... im a real nice person and no girl would ever date me because of my ugly bulging eyes. how can I make them normal sized,shaped? I look at my baby pictures and they weren't like that back then.... I would really appreciate your help. Any suggestions would be nice and don't worry about offending me because im used to it by now lol.

Jeffrey H. Spiegel, MD · Answer

For the bulging eyes you've described there are a couple different approaches. However, the first thing you want to do is have a physician figure out why it's happening.  There are a number of medical situations (e.g. with your thyroid) that can cause this and you'd never want to have surgery before you straightened out the cause (if there is one).

	That being said, if your eyes are bulging we can build up the tissues around them with injectables, implants, or grafts, or, you can reset the eyes back into the head through some endoscopic surgery done through your nose.

	 

	Good luck!

	Jeffrey Spiegel, MD

	Chestnut Hill, MA

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Donn R. Chatham, MD · Answer

When it comes to our facial features, we usually inherit features similar to mom & dad & our other ancestors?  Do we see similar eye sizes and positions in known relatives?  When the globe (eyeball) is positioned more forward in relation to the bone (orbit) it appears larger. When the globe sits more backward then it can appear smaller.  It never hurts to have a thorough exam by a qualified ophthalmologist or other specialty facial surgeon to rule out any changes out of the norm and this might include thyroid function tests. Assuming a normal evaluation, careful use of fillers can possible create some softening. We are all unique and stronger eyes are not necessarily unattractive!

Scott Trimas, MD · Answer

You might want to consider fillers first to the tear troughs to even out the whole area to see if you like that effect. This would be safe to try and reversible and then you can consider a more definitive procedure as it appears to me that you may have some hollowing that could be improved with fat repositioning.

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