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| ▲ Your eyelids are drooping, so people often tell you that you look “tired” or “dark.” ▲ The outer corners of your eyelids droop especially much, causing irritation and stinging around the eyes. ▲ You have already been diagnosed with “ptosis” at a plastic surgery clinic. ▲ You have to raise your eyebrows in order to open your eyes properly. ▲ Your pupils have been covered by your eyelids, and you have almost had an accident because of it. |

Let’s get straight to the point.

What is “ptosis”?

Ptosis refers to the drooping of one or both eyelids because the muscle used to open the eyes, the levator palpebrae muscle, is weak either congenitally or due to acquired causes, making it difficult to open the eyes properly.

When you have ptosis, your eyes often look sleepy, and because you try to compensate by lifting the forehead muscles to secure your field of vision, the eyebrows rise excessively and forehead wrinkles may form as a result.

Some people have ptosis in only one eye. In that case, one eye is a normal size while the other becomes smaller, creating what is commonly called “uneven eyes.”

Even if the person themselves may not feel much inconvenience, uneven eyes can give others an uncomfortable impression.

That is why people with uneven eyes often find it difficult to build relationships and may feel burdened by social life itself.

“Eye shape correction” is surgery to strengthen the levator muscle

Eye shape correction is a surgery for people who have difficulty opening their eyes, and it strengthens the levator palpebrae muscle.

Of course, among people with ptosis, there are also those whose levator muscle function is normal but who have problems because the skin is sagging.

In such cases, the loose skin may be removed or the condition may be corrected by creating a double eyelid.

When the levator muscle function is poor, a small portion of it is cut and shortened to perform the surgery.

When explaining this to patients, we say, “It is a surgery that uses the principle of tying up a stretched rubber band once so that it becomes firm again.”

Now it’s not so difficult to understand, right?

And because Reborn Plastic Surgery performs a lot of uneven-eye correction as well, we receive many inquiries specifically about uneven eyes.

When only one eye has ptosis, rather than both eyes, matching symmetry is much more difficult.

Why both sides need surgery for uneven eyes

This is because of Hering’s law.

Hering’s law refers to the phenomenon in which, after ptosis correction surgery on one eyelid only—meaning “eye shape correction on just one eye”—the previously normal eyelid droops.

This phenomenon was first reported in the 1950s and has continued to be reported by various researchers since then.

Even now, there are many cases where only one side is operated on, but when one eye is significantly drooping, operating on both eyes is more stable for matching the size of both eyes afterward.

At Reborn Plastic Surgery, when a patient wants unilateral eye shape correction, we proceed with surgery only after checking whether the normal eyelid has any potential to droop.

Sometimes, when we say that both sides need surgery, some people are puzzled, but please understand that this is to reduce postoperative side effects. ^^

Can you still get eye shape correction if you do not have ptosis?

As mentioned, ptosis is a “symptom of drooping eyelids.”

When we talk with patients who visit our clinic for double eyelid surgery, some of them say, “One of my friends had double eyelid surgery and got eye shape correction even though they didn’t have ptosis!”

You can probably find people around you who say they had double eyelid surgery and eye shape correction at the same time.

In principle, eye shape correction is a surgery applied to eyes with ptosis, but even without eyelid drooping, there are cases where, depending on the person, lightly shortening and fixing the levator muscle makes more of the dark part of the eye visible and creates a prettier eye shape.

In such cases, you can receive eye shape correction for cosmetic purposes even without ptosis.

However, if it is done too aggressively, it may lead to incomplete eyelid closure, and the eyes may open too widely, creating a burdensome impression. So please consult with the doctor first before making your decision. ^^

Reborn Plastic Surgery always strives for your beauty and safety.

Since “naturalness” is the most important value, we will provide customized guidance according to each person’s condition.

See you in the next post! Thank you.

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