Follow up question to one about eyelid notch; does the notch generally get healed on its own? (photo)

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just remembered that my doctor said that he normally does another surgery for of issue and it sounded like this lateral canthal surgery . however he said that after examining me i was a very bad candidate for it.sth about my skin being extremely elastic and not healing injuries well. also i visited 3 surgeons who examined me before i had surgery. none said anything about a mid face issue . any way i still wish to know generally speaking does the notch generally get healed on its own?

John J. Martin, Jr., MD · Answer

Sometimes these notches will heal in, or at least heal in enough that they are not very visible.  This can take a few months.  If it does not heal you will have to remove the notch and reclose the lid.  This may be tough as it appears that the lid is pretty tight and is already pulling at the lateral canthus.  From this picture you look fairly young so not sure why the initial surgery was done, and why they thought your skin was too damaged to do the incision in the lateral canthus.

Darryl J. Blinski, MD · Answer

After 3  months healing than consider revision surgery. unless you feel there will be not enough correction than precede NOW!

Follow up question to one about eyelid notch; does the notch generally get healed on its own? (photo)

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