Recently I realise that I have a triple layer eyelid on my left eye. It gets worse if I don’t sleep enough or have a migraine attack. Then slowly this triple eyelid became a semi permanent fixture on my eye. It bothers me as I am starting to take more effort to open my left eyelid and also blink purposely to “adjust” the lids. What causes it? Is it my regular Botox? Or am I just ageing? What can I do to have my previous double eyelids back? Thank you
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Answer: Upper blepharoplasty with supratarsal fixation
It would be possible to change the shape and appearance of your upper eyelid crease to re-create a more tapered configuration with greater pre-tarsal show along the outer corner during a revision Asian eyelid surgery.
Botox works as a neuromodulator to smooth out dynamic wrinkles created by the movement of facial muscles. While it can "lift" the brow temporally a mild amount, you do have some excess skin and a degree of brow ptosis that Botox alone would not correct. Blepharoplasty in combination with a...