Dear doctors, I am going to have ptosis repair surgery in two weeks, i have a mild ptosis on left eye and a latent ptosis in the right one. I have been doing facial exercises for a long time and they seem to work well for me. How long after the surgery can i go back to do the eye exercises from the program? Or doing them will make my eyelids drop again and weaken the repaired levator? Thanks and best regards
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March 10, 2014
Answer: How long after ptosis surgery can you do eye exercises
Although 6 weeks is a bit prolonged for this still to be present, it is not unknown. You have swelling of you cheeks. After lower blepharoplasty, swelling (edema) occurs in the lower eyelids due to accumulation of fluid in the tissues. Gravity can cause this edema fluid to migrate lower...
Thank you for your question. Even with the greatest care there are many possibilities for eye injury from instrumentation or lasers during eyelid surgery. In my opinion corneal shields should always be used during blepharoplasty surgery.
Local anesthesia with sedation, poorly monitored is more dangerous than general anesthesia given by a board certified anesthesiologist. Because anesthesiology has gotten so safe over the years many of us use it. The risk of heart beat slowing while working on the lower eye pads is better managed...