What is ptosis and how this corageous girl, Sarah, deals with it. She seems to have developed this as she grew up so it wasn’t congenital. She is a little bit self conscious about it, but I think she’s very … Continue reading
Congenital Ptosis Repair Surgery – part 4 – 1.5 months later
May 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
About 45 days after the surgery, here’s a video describing and showing the progress. A little bit of scarring remains. He also describes a little bit on the cortizone injections that should help with scarring. A little bit of pain … Continue reading
Congenital Ptosis Repair Surgery – part 3
May 5, 2012 by 1 Comment
The gauzes and pads have been removed and this is day number 3 after the surgery. His eyes are still puffy and swollen, tender and bruised. Able to see more already, he definitely describes the surgery as an improvement. Previous … Continue reading
Congenital Ptosis Repair Surgery – part 2
May 4, 2012 by 3 Comments
The surgery wasn’t as easy as he thought, or other people might have led him to believe. He’s in a lot of pain, and has significant swelling due to the surgery. This is the second video, we posted the first … Continue reading
Congenital Ptosis Repair Surgery – part 1
May 3, 2012 by 3 Comments
A guy narrating describing the before surgery video and how his eyes look at this point. In a second video he describes the first day after ptosis surgery.
Elizabeth’s Surgery with Oculoplastic Surgeon Doctor Kami Parsa
May 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Elizabeth’s story. She suddenly developed Ptosis on her left eye. She underwent two surgeries and then she had a third surgery. This last surgery seems to have solved the problem. After two surgies she had developed several hypertrophic scars, but … Continue reading
What Causes Droopy Eyelids, by Dr Christopher Westfall
May 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Two different things can cause droopy eyelids later in life. Doctor Christopher Westfall explains the reasons to correct droopy eyelids. Even though he describes two different reasons why droopy eyes happen, the corrective surgery is the same.
