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?
Answer: ?failed ptosis surgery? photos could be helpful, although the true answer is that you likely need to be patient and in communication with your surgeon. sometimes while it appears that most of the swelling is resolved, there is some on examination. sometimes muscles take time to recover after surgery, and this can at times take months. revisional surgery is possible, but usually delayed (unless done by the primary surgeon) until final healing is achieved.
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Answer: ?failed ptosis surgery? photos could be helpful, although the true answer is that you likely need to be patient and in communication with your surgeon. sometimes while it appears that most of the swelling is resolved, there is some on examination. sometimes muscles take time to recover after surgery, and this can at times take months. revisional surgery is possible, but usually delayed (unless done by the primary surgeon) until final healing is achieved.
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January 17, 2018
Answer: Failed Ptosis Surgery Ptosis ("toe-sis") is a drooping of the eyelid due to a weakness of the eyelid muscle. Ptosis surgery is very technical and requires great precision to have a natural, beautiful outcome. Few surgeons are masters at this condition. Even in the best hands this surgery can be quite tough to achieve symmetry. You need an in-person consultation with a board-certified, fellowship-trained Oculofacial Plastic Surgeon with extensive experience in ptosis repair and eyelid surgery. You must avoid any doctors that do ptosis or eyelid surgery part time, they cannot help you. You should allow for another 4 months or so of healing or you could consider asking for a second opinion -- I very routinely see patients from great distances to correct this sort of problem after the initial surgery did not turn out as expected. I could review any photos you wished to send to me as none are posted here.
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January 17, 2018
Answer: Failed Ptosis Surgery Ptosis ("toe-sis") is a drooping of the eyelid due to a weakness of the eyelid muscle. Ptosis surgery is very technical and requires great precision to have a natural, beautiful outcome. Few surgeons are masters at this condition. Even in the best hands this surgery can be quite tough to achieve symmetry. You need an in-person consultation with a board-certified, fellowship-trained Oculofacial Plastic Surgeon with extensive experience in ptosis repair and eyelid surgery. You must avoid any doctors that do ptosis or eyelid surgery part time, they cannot help you. You should allow for another 4 months or so of healing or you could consider asking for a second opinion -- I very routinely see patients from great distances to correct this sort of problem after the initial surgery did not turn out as expected. I could review any photos you wished to send to me as none are posted here.
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