Will Eyelid Surgery for congenital ptosis be covered by insurance now, or not?

Many different situations can lead to uneven eyelids. Some of these can be treated non-surgically and conservatively, even using some very advanced injection techniques with filler or very precise placement of Botox. Some situations truly do require surgery to resolve.  It is important that y...

Thank you for your question and photos. I agree with the colleague that without having the details of the surgical technique used it is inappropriate to comment. Unfortunately it is not unusual to notice slight areas of asymmetry and irregularities in dim light following blepharoplasty, even...

What you are seeing are two distinct things:  the swelling you notice just below the eyelashes is the orbicularis muscle.  This will be more pronounced when you smile.  Below that is the orbital fat.  This can swell up and produce the "eye bags".  With surgery you can...

 If you are looking for purely cost effective treatment with no downtime it is worth a trial of botox alone. This can make a significant difference. It is cheap. It treats the contraction of the orbicularis muscle that leads to some of the wrinkles.  It is hard to be both cost effective and res...

Internal sutures are commonly used in plastic surgical closures, even sometimes in eyelids. If you have external lower lid incision you might have some inside sutures laterally. The pain you feel is more likely from a sensitive nerve that is "waking up". Gentile massage usually helps that pain...

You are in trouble now.  The upper eyelid is unable to close due to a motor nerve weakness in the orbicularis oculi platform muscle.  That partly accounts for why you are having trouble close the eye.  This actually occurs very commonly after blepharoplasty but is very common...