I’m 25 year old male with multiple facial injuries from sports, mostly baseball and football. I have had drooping eyelids present for the past few years but I have started to see noticeable drooping in pictures and would like it corrected.
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CT scanning is not sensitive or specific for diagnosing a disinserted levator. This a clinical diagnosis. The levator may be centrally disinserted, partially disinserted, or in rare cases completely disinserted after trauma. However a completely disinserted levator would be associate with an...
Thank you for posting your question. First, there are solutions! Your ptosis outcome does not have to stay like this. Muellerectomy with its posterior approach for ptosis repair is an established surgical technique that works for many patients, but not for all. The anterior approach ( incision...
I usually wait 2-3 months after ptosis surgery before I assess the final eyelid height/appearance and consider revision. The muscle that was worked on is bruised/swollen and takes longer to heal than your eyelid skin.