I had surgery for lower eyelid retraction repair: ear cartilage and after 4 weeks is still red and puffy . can anyone tell me how long it will be heel and if this roll from under my eye will go down? Thank you.
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If you are not seeing any improvement since the eyelid surgery then you may have eyelid retraction. If things are still continuing to improve or change then I would wait until you are stable. Thyroid eye/orbital surgery is often a staged process after decompression...
The lower blepharoplasty damages the motor nerves to the muscle along the edge of the lower eyelid margin that holds the eyelid against the eye. Surgeons attempt to replace this hammock function that is damaged by tightening the lower eyelid. There are several problems with this approach. ...
The first question is whether you are having any further eye muscle surgeries, because that can affect the position of the eyelid. Assuming you are not, then the next step would be retraction surgery. The surgery is covered by insurance but there may be an out-of-pocket fee depending on...
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