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Do I Have Ptosis or Just "Hooded Lids?"

lsmith0504
I have always had "droopy eyelids" from birth. I am a 27 year old caucasion female and it seems that it is getting worse. I'm not sure if I just have a "hooded lid" or actual ptosis. If so, is this something i'll need to have corrected? I have astigmatism in both of my eyes extremely bad. Not sure if that has anything to do with it.

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