Treatment options for heavy feeling eyebrows and eyelids? (Photo)

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I'm 26 and had this problem since a child. I get a lot of eyelid and eyebrow strain from feeling so 'heavy'. Even my actual eye shape is pretty droopy. Between a brow lift or blepharoplasty, which are the best treatment options? Is it possible to do both?

Alan Gonzalez, MD, FACS · Answer

Hello @Generous587852 thank you for your question. There are less invasive methods specially giving your age and that the skin is very young. Botulinum toxin is a common and highly effective treatment that can help improve the appearance of eye and the weight of the eyebrows on the mobile eyelid. For more information and recommendations, it is best to consult with one or several board certified plastic surgeons. Best wishes! Alan Gonzalez MD, FACS.

David K. Isaacs, MD, FACS · Answer

You can certainly consider an upper eyelid blepharoplasty.

You may be a candidate for a canthoplasty. This is a procedure that can raise the outer corner of the eyelid. But this needs to be done by an expert because there are long-term issues associated with surgically traumatizing the tendon.

Finally, a direct brow lift (incision above the eyebrow hairs), limited temporal lift (incision behind hairline), or browpexy (incision through the blepharoplasty incision) may be possibilities.

Omer Faruk Deveci, MD · Answer

Eyelid excess correction surgery is simple and the results are quite satisfactory. However, it is necessary to evaluate the patient's eyebrow before performing the surgery. Blepharoplasty procedure performed in patients with low eyebrows may cause the eyebrows to fall further. Therefore, the operation is completed by combining it with the eyebrow lifting process, with the eyebrow hanging first and less eyelid skin removed in the same session.

Robert T. Buchanan, MD (retired) · Answer

What you have is significant eyelid ptosis. The eyelid should be just at the edge of the upper iris. Yours is at the top of the pupil, i.e. they  are about 2-4 mm low. You need to see a plastic or ophthalmic plastic surgeon who is an expert in treating ptosis. (See the last example in the supporting link.)

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