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Is this Ptosis? Can surgery help? (photos)

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Hunnybunny79Sep 11, 2022

I'm a 42 year old female, and for at least 10 years had mild drooping of the left eye. Its become much worse and now my right brow is drooping. My vision is blurry, but the optometrist said my eyes are healthy. My eyes feel heavy ALL the time. I feel like I struggle to keep them open. Its just uncomfortable. My aunt needed surgery because her vision was being impacted,so I guess this is genetic. I'm not sure if insurance would think it's surgery worthy.

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Gurkan Kayabasoglu, MD

Hello. First of all, you have a severe ptosis, so in order to compansce this, we raise your eyebrows very much and asymmetrically. Since your eyebrow will fall after this surgery, the procedure to be performed is 1. idealizing your eyebrows (eyebrow surgery), 2. ptosis repair and 3. upper eyelid...

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Mehryar (Ray) Taban, MD, FACS

Based on the photos, I do believe you are a candidate for ptosis surgery but need more detailed evaluation to determine accurately.

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Bhupendra C.K. Patel, MD, FRCS

An eyelid crease is formed in a normal eyelid by the attachments of your levator aponeurosis to the muscle and skin of your upper eyelid (orbicularis muscle and skin). In the presence of a congenital ptosis, the crease will be poor or absent because of the poor pull of the levator muscle. In...

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Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD

Unfortunately that surgery is unlikely to help you. The internal ptosis surgery is also called a Müllerectomy. It is performed for small amounts of ptosis (1.5 to 2 mm). It really only works when the levator aponeurosis, the tendon for the muscle that raises the upper eyelid is firmly attached ...

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Gurkan Kayabasoglu, MD

Hello. Not only Ptosis, you have severe Hemifacial asymmetry in your face. Both your eyebrows, pupils and lateral canthus are not in equal alignment. I’m the only triple board-certified facial plastic surgeon all around Europe. I’m just focused on this issue. I am a doctor who goes to almost eve...

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Harold J. Kaplan, MD

Hello CP. It appears that what you have is "natural ptosis". Not necessarily anything abnormal, but just a genetic predisposition for low or "lazy" eyelids. Surgical intervention for natural ptosis is possible and involves lifting the eyelids using a repositioning of the muscle that supports...

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