Still Uncomfortable After Upper Eyelid Surgery? – Why Eye Revision Surgery and Forehead Lift Are Done Together

Some people visit for a revision consultation because, even after having upper eyelid surgery, their eyes still feel uncomfortable to open or their double eyelids remain asymmetric.

� In such cases, it is easy to think simply, “Should more skin be removed?” But in reality, it is often necessary to look at the function of the eyes themselves and the role of the forehead as well.

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• Why It Can Still Feel Difficult to Open the Eyes After Upper Eyelid Surgery -

� Upper eyelid surgery, or upper blepharoplasty, is a procedure that removes sagging upper eyelid skin around the double eyelid line.

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� But when ptosis (blepharoptosis), in which the force for opening the eyes is weak, is also present, correcting only the sagging eyelid skin does not resolve the underlying discomfort.

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This patient is a woman in her early 60s who had previously undergone upper eyelid surgery.

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• Discomfort opening the eyes

• Left-right asymmetry in double eyelid size

� remained, and

� in order to address this,

👉 upper eyelid revision surgery + eye correction were needed together.

Ptosis. Upper eyelid revision surgery. Forehead wrinkles. Compensatory frontalis muscle tension. Real model with consent for release.

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• Why Forehead Wrinkles Matter -

� Another noticeable feature in the preoperative photos is forehead wrinkles. Forehead wrinkles are often not just a sign of aging, but can also occur when a person uses the frontalis muscle to compensate for difficulty opening the eyes.

� In other words,

👉 forehead wrinkles can be a sign of eye discomfort.

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• What Changes After Ptosis Correction -

� When ptosis is improved through eye correction, there is no longer a need to use the forehead muscles.

� At that point, naturally,

👉 the eyebrows lower.

� This change is a normal functional process,

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• the distance between the eyes and eyebrows becomes narrower
• the overall impression changes

� which can lead to a change in the image the patient perceives.

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• Why Eye Surgery and Forehead Lift Are Done Together -

� To minimize such changes in appearance, it is important to keep the eyebrow position stable.

� The surgery performed at this time is

👉 endoscopic forehead lift.

� A forehead lift views the forehead, eyebrows, and upper eyelids as one unit and lifts the whole area naturally,

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• maintaining eyebrow position
• improving forehead wrinkles
• balancing the eyes and forehead

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• Before and After Forehead Lift for Eye Revision Surgery in a Patient in Their 60s -

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Before and after forehead lift. Forehead lift review. Before and after upper eyelid surgery. Before and after correction of uneven eyes. Before and after eye correction. Real model with consent for release.

Double eyelid incision scar. Correction of uneven eyes. Before and after upper eyelid revision surgery. Review of upper eyelid revision surgery. Real model with consent for release.

� From the clearly asymmetrical appearance before surgery, after surgery:

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• the left-right asymmetry of the double eyelids improved naturally
• the height difference visible when the eyes were closed was also adjusted to be almost the same
• forehead wrinkles were also noticeably reduced

� Above all, the most important change is that opening the eyes became much more comfortable.

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• The Eyes and Forehead Are One Aesthetic Unit -

� The forehead and eyes are originally one aesthetic unit and are structurally interdependent.

� Therefore,

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• functional problems such as ptosis
• sagging eyelid skin
• compensatory action of the forehead muscles
• forehead wrinkles

� should not be considered separately, but together when planning surgery.

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Forehead lift review. Before and after forehead lift. Real model with consent for release.

� If discomfort remains even after upper eyelid surgery,

it may not simply be a skin problem.

� An approach that looks at the eyes and forehead together

can lead to a more natural and functional result.

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