I had eyelid surgery on 1/12/2016 i wanted fat removing n also my left eye had a bit of a droopy eyelid which i wanted correcting so it matched the other eye.i am really disappointed as 1 the left eye is still smaller than the right eye 2 i was under the impression that the cut would be made on the natural crease of my eye as you can see by pic its in between my eyebrow and my natural crease.i just feel really disappointed and wondered if you think my surgeon is in the right to cut where he has
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December 10, 2016
Answer: I suspect your surgeon only performed a blepharoplasty on you and made no effort to correct the eyelid position.
This is going to be difficult to answer without seeing you in person or photos.
However I can say that bruising at 6 weeks is not considered normal and would warrant a follow up visit with your MD.
Removal of these scars will not solve the problem and is likely to make matters worse. When skin is removed by blepharoplasty, the thin skin below the crease is sutured to thicker skin above the crease. This mismatch of the skin is highly visible when 1) the crease is too high, 2) the lid...
Ptosis repair will reveal more of the eyeball, but will have several beneficial effects: 1) place the eyelid margins in a normal position, 2) advance natural preaponeurotic fat pads into the deep superior sulcus, 3) reduce the visibility of the tarsal platform if creases are properly placed. If...