While having eyelid surgery is it possible for my eyes to be made to look bigger? (Photo)

Question

I need to have my eyelids done so they will be more open. I’m also wondering if they can change the shape of the eye one of my eyes is weaker than the other eye and smaller and it makes it look like it’s shaped different. Is there any way that dr can make them even bigger?

Gary M. Horndeski, MD · Answer

You are asymmetrical with you medial eyebrow on the right side lower than the left. You also have a very high forehead. You may benefit from a brow lift to lower your hairline and correct the asymmetry of your eyebrow.

Best Wishes,

Gary Horndeski, M.D.

Best Wishes,

Gary Horndeski, M.D.

Joel E. Kopelman, MD, FACS · Answer

Thank you for the question. As an oculoplastic surgeon, I would first want to know why one eye looks smaller. Very often the smaller looking eye has a droopy upper lid, called ptosis, or extra heavy skin that is covering part of the eye. When that is corrected, the eye opens up and the two sides look much more alike. Ptosis repair tightens the muscle that lifts the lid, and an upper blepharoplasty removes the excess skin, and sometimes the two are done together. What surgery cannot do is change the actual size or shape of the eye itself. The eyeball and bony socket stay the same. A weaker or smaller eye can also come from a difference in the position of the eyeball in the socket, or from a difference in brow height, and those have different treatments. Good photos taken straight on, and a measurement of how far each lid sits above the pupil, help determine which cause applies. The goal is a safe, more open and more symmetric appearance rather than a larger eye, and a careful oculoplastic exam is the best way to find out how much improvement is realistic in your case.

Zoran Potparic, MD · Answer

Unfortunately, your photo does not provide enough information for good evaluation. In some patients there is a possibility to make  discrete changes that will improve eye shape and visually make it bigger. Only on the basis of in-person evaluation an experienced plastic or oculoplastic surgeon could give an answer to your question. Good luck.

While having eyelid surgery is it possible for my eyes to be made to look bigger? (Photo)

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