One eye is smaller and more slanted than the other, can I get it fixed? (photos)

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My right eye seems to be at a slant and the lower lid far higher than the left making it look wonky and small at the same time. Is there anyway I could correct this? The right side of my bottom lip also seems to be slightly smaller so could this be genetic? I can use lip plumper so I don't mind too much about my lips, just my eyes make my face seem even more unsymmetrical than it looks already. I've included a photo taken straight on.

John Nguyen, MD, FACS · Answer

Dear Reader,Your eyes are fairly symmetrical in my opinion.  I would not recommend any surgery.  Period.  Good luck and be safe.John T. Nguyen, MD, FACS, FICSDouble Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

Soheila Rostami, MD, FAAO, FAACS · Answer

Trying to correct this minor asymmetry may cause you more issue. in my opinion, you should leave it alone. you may be very disappointed with the result post-operatively.

Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD · Answer

You will drive yourself insane.  No one who loves you will ever notice these issues.  This are things that one only sees if they fit somewhere on the body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) spectrum.  At one end are folks who are just a little neurotic about their appearance and at the other end are folks who are certifiably nutty about their appearance to the point of being socially crippled.  Now here is the thing.  That spectrum has almost nothing to do with how you actually look.  Most people with BDD do have something that they see, even an issue that a third person would agree is something.  However, while almost all of us have these small issues, it does not compel  us to have surgery, feel that we are unworthy of dating, or make us fee like we can't go to work because people are joking about our looks behind our back.  In your photos, you have a tiny brow asymmetry.  The left brow is just a bit higher than the right brow.  You are actually actively raising is brow so more eyelid platform is visible on the left side.  Yes this does contribute to slight asymmetry.  However, I had to carefully study your photos to see it and I do this for a living.  That tells me that no one else is going to see this.Now if you have read my description and suspect that you might fit somewhere on this spectrum: Good.  Don't get surgery.  Instead find a psychologist.  Your goal is simply to better understand how your brain works.  We call that insight.  So the next time you find yourself pulling at your face in the mirror and posting to real self, you will say to yourself:  my brain is wired funny.  Insight helps you not to feel compelled to fill up your life with this focus and not to get crippling and unnecessary surgery.   If the description does not apply to you, never mind: No you do not need surgery now.

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