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My face is sloped to one side and one eye is higher than the other. Can it be fixed? (photo)

Danny1998Apr 27, 2014
One of my eyes seem higher or lower than the other, one of the eyes have a hooded eye lid and my mouth is very slanted as you can see in the photo is there any way i can fix this because i am very self conscious about the way i look and i hate taking photos because i look stupid. Also when i smile it seems my teeth are slanted aswell

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Dr. Walter Flapper, FRACS
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Answered on May 14, 2014
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