Hi, The past few years I've been experiencing occasional bouts of significant eyelid swelling lasting either several days to several weeks. Sometimes it is severe enough that my eyes are nearly swollen shut. I've had to use prednisone to get rid of the swelling. I've noticed that my eyelids have become quite thin and wrinkled. The outer corners now droop down quite a bit. Should I consider surgery to lift the corners? Should I consider a brow lift or upper bleph to raise the upper eyelid?
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You are just 4 days out from ptosis surgery. This surgical result is very rough appearing. Based on the appearance, I am not at all optimistic that you will have a repair when the dust settles here. The reason for that is that the left upper eyelid looks very much like the right upper eyelid. ...
It appears you have left upper eyelid ptosis along with enophthalmos (sunken eye). There are solutions for both but ptosis is easier to address. See following link. See an oculoplastic specialist for evaluation.
This is a difficult question to clearly answer, as it truly depends on a lot of different factors, especially factors that deal with exactly how your operation was performed.
It is likely that things can be improved, but not entirely reversed.
Please ask your surgeon what can be done, and get...
