I had a canthopexy after lower bleph that left me with a bit of sclarel show. My left eye is doing fine, but my under eyelid on my right eyes never really "stuck" on the side like the left one did. I didn't feel any tightness and I told my surgeon about this, and he said it was perfectly acceptable conditions. Now when I blink my under eyelid moves with my upper eyelid. And there is a gap on the corner (where the stitches were made). Is this normal? It has been 2 months.
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Dear pukipuki,
We do not know when you had your fillers, or upper blepharoplasty and brow lift. Perhaps the brow lift has reached its duration as your brows do appear to be low currently. An in person evaluation is probably your best action. The brow and eyelid evaluation is a dynamic one and...
The key to not getting lower lid retraction is to see a doctor who is comfortable with eyelid surgery and hasn't had problems with it. I've never had anyone develop this because we are careful to consider the degree of lid laxity prior to doing the surgery, and make efforts to compensate for it.
You are likely seeing well-mean surgeons who want to help you. However rather than solving your issues, they are proposing an unnecessarily disfiguring solution. You need reconstructive surgery that solves your problems and helps you look aesthetically improved. Don’t choose a surgery that w...