Hello i just had my upper eye lid excess skin removal abt 3 weeks ago. I see it is healing process but what i am concerning is the suprise look of my left eye. I see i can see full of my black eye balls here on my left eye when i just look up the straight. That gives me kinda crazy looking surprise look. I am concerned. Is there anyway to fix this look? Should i have to wait or please tell me what to do? Also how to eliminate scars that are showing longer than my eyes??
July 12, 2017
Answer: Asian eyelid surgery/blepharoplasty Hard to know without examining you and without having performed your surgery, but it is possible your left eyelid had more skin removed than the right and now you have a very mild case of what we call lagophthalmos. Are you able to close the eye fully or is there a bit of white that shows (you would probably have to ask someone else to assess this for you, obviously)? You may also have had asymmetry preop and it may be that you are seeing the asymmetry more now that you are inspecting your postop result with more scrutiny than you evaluated your lids before surgery. Sometimes time will relax the tissues enough, or you may want to ask your surgeon if you should massage the lid (not sure that helps, but probably does not hurt if you have permission from your surgeon).Correction might require a small strip of a skin graft or other functional surgery on the lid to try to improve but at this juncture it is probably most prudent to wait for more healing. Of course, none of the above is formal medical advice as I have not examined you. You should check in with your surgeon regularly.
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July 12, 2017
Answer: Asian eyelid surgery/blepharoplasty Hard to know without examining you and without having performed your surgery, but it is possible your left eyelid had more skin removed than the right and now you have a very mild case of what we call lagophthalmos. Are you able to close the eye fully or is there a bit of white that shows (you would probably have to ask someone else to assess this for you, obviously)? You may also have had asymmetry preop and it may be that you are seeing the asymmetry more now that you are inspecting your postop result with more scrutiny than you evaluated your lids before surgery. Sometimes time will relax the tissues enough, or you may want to ask your surgeon if you should massage the lid (not sure that helps, but probably does not hurt if you have permission from your surgeon).Correction might require a small strip of a skin graft or other functional surgery on the lid to try to improve but at this juncture it is probably most prudent to wait for more healing. Of course, none of the above is formal medical advice as I have not examined you. You should check in with your surgeon regularly.
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July 13, 2017
Answer: Surprise look after blepharoplasty I think at 3 weeks it is far too early to intervene surgically. The pictures are not the best but it looks like your surgeon my have wisely ( I think ) preserved your epicanthal fold by not taking the skin excision too far medially. if you came to me for an opinion I would refer you to an oculoplastic sugeon usually an ophthamologist with additional training in plastic surgery of the eyelids.
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July 13, 2017
Answer: Surprise look after blepharoplasty I think at 3 weeks it is far too early to intervene surgically. The pictures are not the best but it looks like your surgeon my have wisely ( I think ) preserved your epicanthal fold by not taking the skin excision too far medially. if you came to me for an opinion I would refer you to an oculoplastic sugeon usually an ophthamologist with additional training in plastic surgery of the eyelids.
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