Asian, 25, male I had a blep surgery on one eye to correct minor ptosis, but 1.5 years later there’s still an obvious scar and redness around it. My surgeon assured me eye redness rarely persists more than a few months. However my surgery scar is still very visible if I so much as touch it. It becomes very inflamed if rubbed. Both my surgeon and a separate second opinion surgeon agreed to give it time before attempting laser treatment but it’s been 18 months! What could be causing this?
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Answer: Prolonged peri-incisional erythema after upper blepharoplasty and ptosis repair
Thanks for your question! Unfortunately filler under the eyes can have very mixed results as can some of the non-surgical adjuncts like Morpheus. You may be a candidate for lower blepharoplasty to address some of the fat pads under the eye. This can be done with incisions on the inside of the...
We can see on your photograph even at 13 years, that you have congenital under eye grooves. And you have scleral show. That means you can see the white of your eye above your lower eyelid. In our practice, we use microdroplet Silikon-1000 to permanently fill under eye grooves for a more pleasing...
The photograph on the right looks like you have a small amount of upper eyelid ptosis. Ptosis repair and either fat transfer, repositioning, or filler augmentation would give you an elegant result. Good luck!
