I expeiernced extreme sweeling post surgery day 6. I am worried that because of the asymmetrical swelling it makes my eyes look strange. My right eye is wide open and my left eye which was extremely swollen is no near as open as the right. It had been five weeks since my surgery. So can ptosis surgery be reversed? Is there a time frame it has to be reversed by? Or if not will revisional surgery be successful to get my eyes to at least closely match in size.
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December 13, 2018
Answer: I can not tell what is going on with your pictures.
Check in with your surgeon for consideration of massaging the lateral eyelid downward. If this lateral peaking does not respond to massage, then an early revision of the lateral lid level is an option. This could be done in an office setting. The medial eyelid level looks great. Best wishes.
The balance of your eyelids may be more complex than meets the eye - and difficult to assess from these photographs alone. The question that comes to my mind - is the right lid too high? And secondly - if the right upper lid were a bit lower, would the left eyelid level be perfectly n...
Thank you for your question and photo. Based on the photo you submitted, it appears that the right upper eyelid is ptotic. An in-person consultation with a board-certified oculoplastic surgeon can help determine if there is any underlying medical cause of the ptosis, and then...
