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Upper Eyelid Surgery Sutures Causing Irritation and Blurriness?

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RFDZJan 21, 2012

I had Fasanella-Servat procedure done on one eye 23 days ago. The surgeon said the stitches will take 2 months to dissolve. I feel some irritation when I close my eyelids and look up. It feels as if something is scratching my eye/cornea. Is this caused by the sutures? When will it go away? I also have double vision in that eye, which sometimes gets blurry. Could this vision problem be caused by corneal abrasion due to sutures? Will it get cured by itself?

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Dr. Michael McCracken, MD
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Dr. Perry F. Garber, MD (retired)
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