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Ptosis from myopia in one eye?

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Sattar_87Nov 20, 2014

My problem is that i have a mild ptosis in my left eyelid (which affects my face symmetry a little bit), and what i noticed when i wear my lenses is that my eyelid lifts up sometimes. Could the myopia be the reason behind the ptosis? Thanks.

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