All throughout high school and even occasionally now I am bullied for having a "lazy eye". As a teen, my mother took me to see an ophthalmologist who said it's not a lazy eye, but my eyelids are uneven. As an adult, I try to mask this with makeup, but some days are more noticeable than others. Are there any procedures to correct this?
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Thank you for your question and photo. The appearance of undereye "bags" commonly has three components: 1) excess or "crepey" skin, 2) fat prolapse, 3) hollowness. While a single photos provides limited information, it looks like you have a small amount of fat prolapse, a moderate...
There are 3 options available to resect the corrugator muscles, each with its own pros and cons:1. Direct incision through upper eyelid blepharoplasty incision: this is the most straightforward approach that can be done under local anesthesia, but is slightly higher risk to damaging the nerves...
Surgery is a standard treatment for chalazia but it is mostly unnecessary. Surgery on your eyelid margin will permanently disfigure you. Don't take that risk. Almost all of these respond beautifully to a Kenalog injection. Some injectors use a combination of Kenalog and 5-FU. Find an...
