Do I have ptosis as sometimes one of my eyes appears to be smaller?

This is a awful surgery that destroys the upper eyelid and makes it virtually impossible to subsequently repair the upper eyelid. Surgeons who do this are throwing up their hands and giving up on the eyelid. I have never seen an acceptable fix with so-called full thickness ptosis repair. The...

If anything you appear to have a tiny bit of upper eyelid retraction. Careful study of the before and after pictures suggest you have lost a small amount of volume in the upper eyelid fold. The most common cause of this would be the use of a prostaglandin eyelash growth product. I believe that...

My father, an internist from Brooklyn, liked to say: "If the butcher tells you the meat is bad, you should listen." Sometimes when a surgeon tells you that something can't be done or that you do not need it, what they are really telling you is that their work is not going to be satisfactory to...

You should wait 6 months before doing anything. It looks like you had an external approach the first time. On the lower side you do have a low secondary crease. Since you want to tighten the lid crease to eliminate the lower one, you would need to go through the external approach. So it...

Yes you appear to have upper eyelid ptosis. Best to see an oculoplastic surgeon for evaluation and consideration of ptosis surgery. That is different than upper blepharoplasty but can be combined if desired.

Iopidine (apraclonidine) can help the heavy eyelid. However, if you use the drop and it does not make a difference, keep trying it. I published a study on this. When the botox strongly paralyzed the levator palpebrae superioris muscle, the muscle that raises the eyelid, it has to wear off enough...