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I have this tiny cut towards the inner corner of my eye that won't heal. Did something go wrong during my surgery?

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baekie20Jul 30, 2015

I had gotten blepharoplasty done two years ago with my savings right before college to fix my monolids. Everything healed up nicely and I went to my plastic surgeon multiple times to check my eyes' progress. It's been two years and I assumed that everything would be healed by now but now there's a tiny cut on the inner corner of my left eye that won't heal. It keeps reopening and it stings whenever I blink and it scabs over and falls off constantly. Did something go wrong? Did I do this?

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Dr. Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD
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Dr. Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD
Oculoplastic Surgeon, Board Certified in Ophthalmology
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Answered on Jul 31, 2015
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Dr. Soheila Rostami, MD, FAAO, FAACS
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Dr. Soheila Rostami, MD, FAAO, FAACS
Oculoplastic Surgeon, Board Certified in Ophthalmology
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Dr. Edward E. Dickerson, IV, MD
Dr. Edward E. Dickerson, IV, MD
Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon
Answered on Sep 1, 2015
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Dr. Patrick Simon, MD
Dr. Patrick Simon, MD
Facial Plastic Surgeon, Board Certified in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Answered on Jul 31, 2015
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