About 3 months ago I got into a car accident , and fractured a couple things and they all have seemed to heal except my orbital fracture on my left eye. My eye looks awful its sunken in and its healed a bit in the past 3 months but it seems like its not getting any better other than that. So is it possible my eye will look like this forever and if not how long is the healing process ?
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Dear Tableone,
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Warmest wishes,
Larry Fan, MD
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