I Have a Drooping Eyelid Since I Made a Cataract Operation. How Can I Retain It?

Dear CaroleAnn.............thank you for your question. If indeed your cataract surgery was performed with an anesthetic "block" or injection, in which case you would have gone home immediately after surgery with a patch, then there may be a correlation to your surgery from the anesthetic...

Insurance doesn't cover PRK, CK, or lens exchange after cataract surgery for refractive misses such as yours.Some doctors include refractive tune ups in their pricing for the astigmatism correction or presbyopia correction. Some don't.I don't know what your doctor told you or what's in his w...

Those findings are not typical at all. I would love to see a picture since there seems to be a run of them amongst your acquaintances.

It is not uncommon for an eyelid to get a little droopy after cataract surgery.  It is also possible for steroid drops to give you a droopy eyelid but that usually occurs in people that have been on them for a very long time.  The vast majority of droopy eyelids after cataract surgery...

Unless you have some other eye illness or pathology like macular degeneration or glaucoma, your vision after cataract surgery should remain every good.   Sometimes the lens implants develop some scar tissue membranes on them and need to get zapped away with a quick and painless laser...

I am glad you are reaching out for help in this situation. Any time something does not seem quite right to you as a patient, I encourage that you reach out right away to your doctor or surgeon. Cataract surgery, whether your vision is corrected only for distance, or whether you have premium...