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One eyelid wrinkling and hollowing? What can I do about this? (photo)

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julia2101Mar 5, 2025

For the past 4 years or so (since I turned 24, I am now 28) one of my eyelids has become progressively more wrinkly and hollow. It looks really bad. I can now see the other one starting to hollow. What can I do about this?

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