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Can I maintain hooded eyelids with upper blepharoplasty?

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Pbnj3Jan 26, 2015
I was born with hooded eyelids, not monoloid lids, but with a heavy fold and no crease. As I'm aging, they look heavier and give me a tired appearance. I know upper blephoraplasty is an option to correct this, but I'm concerned with looking too different. I was meant to have hooded eyes and although they bother me, I don't want to rid myself completely of them. Is it possible to do a minor correction so that I maintain the hooded eyes I was born with but with just a little clean up so to speak?

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