Ptosis is a condition that causes the upper
eyelid to be droopy and covers part of the pupil. The droopy eyes makes a
person look tired or sleepy, so ptosis correction surgery is required.
How to know if you are a candidate for
ptosis correction surgery?
With the example below, her whole pupil is
not visible on both eyes. Moreover, the level of droopiness varies in both her
eyes.
She needs not only ptosis correction
surgery, but additional blepharoplasty (double eyelid surgery) in order to
remove the excess skin and fat in her eyelids.
There are many types of ptosis correction
surgery, but if it is a cosmetic surgery, then the weakened levator muscles (levator
aponeurosis) are the cause of the drooping eyelids.
The levator muscles are used to raise the
eyelid, so when the muscles are weak, the eyes cannot be opened completely. A
person could be born with weak levator muscles or the muscles can weaken due to
age. Children who have ptosis tilt their heads backwards to be able to see well.
This does not solve the problem.
If left untreated, as is the case with many
patients, the forehead muscles are used to lift the eyes, which can cause a lot
of strain, and wrinkles in the forehead area with time.
Surgery may be performed along with
blepharoplasty, to get rid of the excess skin and fat, and have a proportional
eyelid crease.
For patients who have ptosis, but prefer to
have double eyelid surgery only, the results will not be satisfactory. The
ptosis correction surgery is necessary to resolve the eyelid droopiness.
The ptosis level is determined by the
distance between eyelid and pupil. For mild ptosis cases, non-incision surgery
may be possible but for severe ptosis cases incisional surgery is recommended.
The surgeon has to examine you in person to
know the ptosis level and surgery plan to correct it.
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