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Post Operative -Scleral Buckle Surgery Droopy Eyelid

by erika33, Aug 21, 2009 10:10PM
I am 30 years old and on 07/01/09 had a Retinal Detachment. I had a Scleral Buckle Surgery done and almost 8 weeks later my eye looks smaller, lazy, and the eyelid looks droopy. My Dr. told me to give it 6 months for it to maybe go back to normal but I have a feeling that won't happen. Anyone else that has had this happened to them? Has it improved overtime? I really hate the way my eye looks.
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by John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, Aug 21, 2009 11:28PM
This is a not uncommon problem with scleral buckle surgery. As you were told it often improves and sometimes goes away over six months. If not then an oculoplastic surgeon can do "ptosis" surgery.

JDH MD
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