Developed a droopy lid on right eye. Do you think the reason could be treating 2 eyes differently while wearing contacts?

July 9, 2015
Asked By:srajitha in Littleton, CO

I have been wearing contacts for the last 12 years. I used to treat both eyes differently while putting contacts on. For the left eye, I open the eye by pulling the upper eyelid up and place the lens; for the right eye, I open the eye by pulling the lower lid downwards and place the lens. I never realized that I have been doing this in a non symmetric way. I also noticed that the fringes above the upper eyelid in right eye are gone. Can I put the lens in a symmetric way and fix this droopy eye?

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