I have slight ptosis that I am getting surgically repaired in a few months. My left lid is slightly dropping and because of that my left eyebrow is often raised to compensate (that's how my doctor explained it). Will the ptosis surgery fix the eyebrow as well and make it even with my other one?
Answer: Maybe The short answer is maybe...Brow compensation for a drooping eyelid takes years to develop as the eyelid usually droops over a slow period of time. In those cases fixing the eyelid may or may not cause the brow elevation to improve. Usually it does but NOT ALWAYS. As an oculoplastic surgeon, I do just eyelids and so I treat a lot of patients with drooping eyelids and patients who have had a drooping eyelid surgically treated. In patients with acute ptosis (suddenly) with brow elevation that resolves 99% of the time once the drooping is treated but less so in chronic or long term ptosis cases.
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Answer: Maybe The short answer is maybe...Brow compensation for a drooping eyelid takes years to develop as the eyelid usually droops over a slow period of time. In those cases fixing the eyelid may or may not cause the brow elevation to improve. Usually it does but NOT ALWAYS. As an oculoplastic surgeon, I do just eyelids and so I treat a lot of patients with drooping eyelids and patients who have had a drooping eyelid surgically treated. In patients with acute ptosis (suddenly) with brow elevation that resolves 99% of the time once the drooping is treated but less so in chronic or long term ptosis cases.
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December 29, 2015
Answer: Ptosis surgery improving brow symmetry As you have noted you have a raised brow on the side of your ptosis to help compensate for the droopy eyelid. There is a good chance that this will correct itself after the ptosis is fixed however it may take a few months to settle back particularly if the ptosis is longstanding. If it doesn't then the brow could be temporarily lowered with some Botox or perhaps the opposite brow raised if that would give a better looking outcome. As there are no photos it is difficult to comment definitively but you should give things plenty of time to settle (several months) before considering adjustments to the brow
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December 29, 2015
Answer: Ptosis surgery improving brow symmetry As you have noted you have a raised brow on the side of your ptosis to help compensate for the droopy eyelid. There is a good chance that this will correct itself after the ptosis is fixed however it may take a few months to settle back particularly if the ptosis is longstanding. If it doesn't then the brow could be temporarily lowered with some Botox or perhaps the opposite brow raised if that would give a better looking outcome. As there are no photos it is difficult to comment definitively but you should give things plenty of time to settle (several months) before considering adjustments to the brow
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