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Is surgery the only solution for a hooded eye or can the issue be removed with exercise? (Photos)

August 23, 2021
Asked By:Energetic380705 in München, Thüringen, Германия

One eye is hooded while the other not. I started to notice this asymmetry lately: the right eye is hooded while the left one has more eyelid exposure and higher set brows (it seems to me at least so) , I would like to get rid of this asymmetry so that my left eye matches the right one.

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