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Fairly noticeable asymmetry eyelid - what can I do? (photos)

Energetic112233Sep 30, 2021
My father has a fairly noticeable asymmetry of the eye shape and so do I. It's just that my right eye gives the impression of being "lazy" while my father's right eye gives the impression of squinting because only the upper eyelid is slightly drooping while in my case the upper & lower eyelids both look lower than my left eye eyelid so my eye each other looks like really different in shape (according to my assumption). What possible thing to do?

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