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Swelling After Ptosis Surgery On Upper Eyelid?

missj212
I had ptosis surgery on my upper eyelid about three weeks ago. Most of the swelling has gone down and my eye looks like it did before.I don't see any change at all, the eyelid is still droopy and there is now a crease on my upper eyelid that wasn't there before which seems to be making my eye look droopy. Instead of having a rounded surface on my eyelid there is excess skin almost. When you feel both eyelids,the right one has much more skin to it. Is this just swelling? Or did the surgery fail?

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