I know there is a surgery that can make the eyes appear closer together, I think it’s called an epicanthoplasty. Although I don’t have much of an epicanthal fold. My eyes are just a few millimeters apart from what I’d prefer. It’s bothered me for a long time, & it ruins my facial harmony. It’s crazy how just a couple of millimeters can throw off my entire facial harmony. Pls help !! I’m seriously considering undergoing major surgery to fix this, but there has to be other options.
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The pictures are a little distorted so hard to see clearly, but from your description one eye might have subclinical ptosis. This is correctable with blepharoplasty that address and tightens the levator muscle attachment to the tarsal plate. The recovery is maybe 1 week longer than skin only...
Hello and thank you for your question. A formal evaluation would be needed to determine the best treatment. There are both surgical and non-surgical options to correct this, depending on your specific situation.
For less significant puffiness and sagging UNDER the eyes, or more mild...
Christopher David Jones, MBBS, BSc, FRCS (Plast) says:
It is always worth looking at the shape of the eyelids before you had surgery. Any differences seen are likely to exist following surgery.I appreciate that you're 6 months into the healing process, but the tissues will continue to remodel themselves up to 1 year. It is really important that you...
