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  • female
  • 30 Years
  • 14/08/2025

My right eye has always looked smaller than my left since I was a kid, and it makes that side seem a bit droopy. I've attached a photo is there any kind of surgery that could help the right eyelid open more to match the left one?

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It is called ptosis. It can be improved by doing ptosis surgery.get complete eye check up by eye surgeon, if possible with oculoplasty surgeon.discuss with him/her pros and cons of surgery and your expectations from surgery

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Consult a Ophthalmologist

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