Orbital decompression - am I a good candidate for this surgery? (photos)

Question

Hi, I was contemplating receiving an orbital decompression surgery on my eyes as they feel uncomfortable at times but I am not sure if I would be a candidate. Although I do not have graves disease, my eyes are bulging. I am not 100% sure if I have the condition of exophthalmos or not.

Mehryar (Ray) Taban, MD, FACS · Answer

You do appear to have bulging eyes and should be a candidate for scarless orbital decompression but need more detailed evaluation and discussion to determine. See an expert.

Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD · Answer

What you have is probably a combination of some actual eye protrusion which is magnified  by the lack of adequate forward projection of the bones around the eye.  Bringing the eye back by orbital decompression is one approach vs building up the bone around the eye with custom implants is another....or even a combination is possible.  Computer imaging of the effects of these two diametric operation, a thorough ophthalmologic examination as well as a 3D CT scan of your orbital bones is the next step of information gathering that will provide some clarity as to the best approach to take in treating the eye bulging.

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