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Ptosis of the right eye after sleep?

rs110Oct 20, 2016
I am 21 yrs old.My right eyelid droops after sleep and the right eye appears smaller than the left after sleep. It comes back to normal after few hours. PS I have a higher power on my left eye. And I also have sinusitis.

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