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Is mild upper eyelid ptosis in young adults due to long term soft contact lense using reversible?

eddymddJul 9, 2015

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James R. Gordon, MD, FACS, FAAO

Thank you for the question and for sharing your photo.Your right eyelid is ptotic, but your left is slightly low too. If you have surgery on the right upper lid, which is possible, then your left might drop as well. This can be lifted too if needed. See an oculoplastic surgeon in office for in...

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John J. Martin, Jr., MD

It would be good to see a picture before contact lens use.  In some people who use contact lens for many years the lids may droop.  Unusual after only 11 years, but possible.  Especially if you were a little low to begin.  The astigmatism was probably always there and is...

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Steven Wallach, MD

Yes, this is a possibility from correction of the affected eye. You may have to have ptosis repair on the opposite eye, but I would give it some more time to see how things respond with the swelling subsiding.

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