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Can my mild ptosis be treated? Pain and double vision in eye. (photos)

I’m 27. I have mild ptosis probably since childhood. Can it be fix? I feel pain in my lift eyelid(ptosis eye) and see double vision in that eye. I am planning to move Sydney as citizen of Aus. If I want to do the surgery, can insurance will cover it.

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