Why are my eyes different sizes when is smile? (photos)

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I've noticed for a few years now that my eyes look different from one another when I smile; however it's becoming so much worse. Every time I smile I think about it. Is there any strategy to get my eyes the same size when I'm smiling?

Jeffrey Zwiren, MD · Answer

Thanks for your question and posting photographs.  There is really no explanation of why all asymmetries occur but they are very common and your asymmetry does not need  a surgical correction.

Richard O. Gregory, MD · Answer

Your eyes are different because there is a size discrepancy between the two.  This is genetic but is being made worse as you age.  It is interesting that people who were born without eyes or people whose eyeballs are removed never develop an adequate eye socket.  An MRI would probably show the difference between the two.  I do not recommend this however as it is likely nothing would be done to correct the discrepancy.  A small tarsorrhaphy or canthoplasty on the right would tend to even the eye openings (palpebral fissure).

Why are my eyes different sizes when is smile? (photos)

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