I had a botched mohs. I'm looking for a revision. Any suggestions? (photo)

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5 months out, clear damage done.Asked original mohs surgeon but he keeps saying he did nothing to eye(not true).Occuplastic surgeon suggested when he lifted outer orbital skin to pull toward temple he didn't account for levator aponeurosis insertion to be in different place for asian so looks like it was cut and sutured to outer tarsal. He told me I should just deal with it. Eyebrow sits lower too. Just want this mess fixed but don't think I will ever be able to look the same.

Mehryar (Ray) Taban, MD, FACS · Answer

You can consider filler injection in the left upper eyelid/brow to improve the asymmetry since the left side is more hollow/sunken.

Andrew Kaufman, MD · Answer

Sorry to hear about your situation. If you like, you could set up an appointment at our office to examine the area and talk about options. Speaking to an oculoplastic surgeon is a good option as well. Always a little more difficult to do a revision rather than the primary repair, but there are likely options to improve the final result.

F. Victor Rueckl, MD (in memoriam) · Answer

I want to be clear. The purpose of Mohs is to remove skin cancer and save as much tissue as possible. This was not a cosmetic procedure. This was a skin cancer surgery. When you have skin cancer and tissue needs to be removed to get the cancer out, we have to work with the tissue and muscle that is left. We are trying to minimize scarring and make the area look as good as possible, but the primary purpose is to remove the skin cancer. If you don't like how it looks now, post surgery, yes, there are options for repair, but your surgery did remove the skin cancer which was the primary goal of the procedure. If a cancer was large and in specific areas, we often have to do the surgery, then let the site heal, then do a secondary type of corrective repair. This does not mean anything was botched."This answer has been solicited without seeing this patient and 
cannot be held as true medical advice, but only opinion. Seek in-person 
treatment with a trained medical professional for appropriate care."

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