What can be done to decrease/eliminate upper eyelid exposure? (photo)

It is very normal to go through a lumpy bumpy stage of healing in the 4 to 6 week range. At a month, your work looks rough. I really to not care for how your surgeon did your eyelid surgery by extending the incisions so far. Also it is nice when the lower eye incision is tucked closer to the...

The eyes can appear larger either from relative eyelid retraction or bulgy eyes. Treatment is possible to make the eyes appear smaller. That includes eyelid retraction surgery, orbital decompression, or injectables (latter for camouflage). See an oculoplastic surgeon for evaluation.

At 2 weeks out after upper blepharoplasty there is still some swelling and skin tightness that will loosen up over the next few weeks. I suspect everything will settle out nicely as the swelling subsides and the skin relaxes. Try to be patient and give it some time. Hope this helps.

Lateral drooping after upper blepharoplasty is best treated with a browlift instead of upper blepharoplasty in my 35 year experience. Have your surgeon do a lateral browlift under local anesthesia.

Hyperthyroidism (Grave's disease) is just an awful disease. It takes generally very healthy, young individuals and turns their lives upside down. Often establishing a diagnosis takes time because symptoms can be very confusing at first. A significant percentage of individuals will have eye...

Upper eyelids resting on eyelashes could be a sign of excessive skin and adipose tissue (“upper lid bags”) that may require correction. There are surgical and non-invasive procedures to correct/ improve these findings. When evaluating the upper eyelids, the forehead and the eyebrows should be ...