droopy eyelid surgery

[Anonymous]

My eyelids are getting so droopy, they're pushing down on my eyes. What can be done? I think it's starting to affect my vision. Is there an anti inflammatory cream?

[Anonymous]

Do you mean the pad above the eyelid is covering most of your eyelid, called hooded eyes? Blepharoplasty? Then, there's that eye lift one that lifts the brows up at an angle, aka the fox eye lift. These are common with celebs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you mean the pad above the eyelid is covering most of your eyelid, called hooded eyes? Blepharoplasty? Then, there's that eye lift one that lifts the brows up at an angle, aka the fox eye lift. These are common with celebs.

I'm not trying to be a celeb. I just want to see.

[Anonymous]

Blepharoplasty is common and may even be covered by insurance if your vision is being impacted. My understanding is it’s not a huge recovery either. A family friend recently had it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you mean the pad above the eyelid is covering most of your eyelid, called hooded eyes? Blepharoplasty? Then, there's that eye lift one that lifts the brows up at an angle, aka the fox eye lift. These are common with celebs.

An eye lift is different. The dr cuts of part of your lid- the eyebrows are not affected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you mean the pad above the eyelid is covering most of your eyelid, called hooded eyes? Blepharoplasty? Then, there's that eye lift one that lifts the brows up at an angle, aka the fox eye lift. These are common with celebs.

An eye lift is different. The dr cuts of part of your lid- the eyebrows are not affected.

You mean blepharaplasty removes some of the hood over the eyelid.

OP, sounds like this is what you need. I would go for it. Your case sounds pretty bad if it's affecting vision.

[Anonymous]

Beware. I had severely droopy lids (aka hooded eyes). Blue Cross wouldn’t cover cosmetic surgery even though my eye doctor said it was medically necessary for my vision. I spent $10 k on an eye lift. That did little. What I really need is a brow lift but I don’t have the $.

[Anonymous]

If the eyelid, not brow, saw a brochure at eye Dr's on Thursday for prescription drops.

[Anonymous]

Lots of posts in the beauty forum about upper blepharoplasty. The bruising is spectacular, but I had no pain and loved my results.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of posts in the beauty forum about upper blepharoplasty. The bruising is spectacular, but I had no pain and loved my results.

How long did bruising last and how much did it cost? Was it covered by insurance?

[Anonymous]

I had an upper bleph done in April. Stitches in for 5 days. Bruising for probably 2 wks. Totally healed within 6 wks. Very happy with results.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of posts in the beauty forum about upper blepharoplasty. The bruising is spectacular, but I had no pain and loved my results.

+1. Bruiising was below eye, pooling blood. Slept with head elevated and bruising lasted 10 days. We t back to work after 3 days and was not embarrassed to say I had an eyelift. Results perfect! No insurance but totally worth it. However it does change your accustomed appearance, see the blowback that Renee Zellweger got at first.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

There is a muscle condition with a characteristic of droopy eyelids. I forgot what it's called.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a muscle condition with a characteristic of droopy eyelids. I forgot what it's called.

Ptosis. I have that in one eye and may get the surgery for that reason. It's not that bad now but probably will impact my vision in the future.