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Hello! I'm Dr Petrina, Senior Consultant Opthalmologist at Eagle Aesthetics & Surgery. I specialise in Oculofacial Plastic Surgery (which includes droopy eyelid surgery) The muscle that helps us to open our eyelids is called the levator muscle. This muscle is supplied by a nerve and this may beRead more
Hello! I’m Dr Petrina, Senior Consultant Opthalmologist at Eagle Aesthetics & Surgery. I specialise in Oculofacial Plastic Surgery (which includes droopy eyelid surgery)
The muscle that helps us to open our eyelids is called the levator muscle. This muscle is supplied by a nerve and this may be the nerve that has been injured in the car accident. Due to this, the muscle does not work so well . However with time, the disuse of the levator muscle has also caused it to weaken further thus causing more of the eyelid droop.
Eyelid surgery to correct droopy eyelids is very manageable. To calm patients’ anxiety, we can have our anaesthetist to give some sedation at the start of the surgery . We will then do a small injection of local anaesthetic (but you won’t feel it at all because youre sedated) and we start the eyelid surgery. Your eyes are closed so you won’t be seeing any part of the surgery. After about 40 minutes, we will wake you up gently and ask that you help us open your eyes so that we can check that both eyes are symmetrical. Once we are happy with the results of the eyelid surgery, our anaesthetist will let you go back to your sleep and we close up the eyelid wound to complete the procedure.
If you have any concerns about the procedure, feel free to reach out for more information. Happy to help answer any more questions!
Dr Petrina Tan
Senior Consultant Opthalmologist
Eagle Aesthetics & Surgery
Instagram: @drpetrina_eyedoc
The information provided on this forum is for educational purposes only and not intended as medical advice. Please consult a healthcare provider for any medical concerns, diagnosis or treatment.
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There are still a few risk factors that can cause cancer in a non-smoker. Number 1, second-hand smoke. Chronic exposure to second-hand smoke can cause cancer. Even if you don’t smoke, but your surrounding family members or friends smoke, second-hand smoke can cause cancer. Second is chronic chemicalRead more
There are still a few risk factors that can cause cancer in a non-smoker. Number 1, second-hand smoke. Chronic exposure to second-hand smoke can cause cancer. Even if you don’t smoke, but your surrounding family members or friends smoke, second-hand smoke can cause cancer. Second is chronic chemical exposure, such as radon or asbestos. If you work in a factory that produces radon or asbestos, there is an increased risk of having lung cancer. Third, medical history. If you have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or pulmonary fibrosis, a long-standing of infection will cause inflammation of the lung. It will subsequently lead to lung cancer. The fourth factor is genetically linked. Certain non-smoker lung cancers have this gene EGFR and ALK, which is specifically found in non-smokers. This can mutate and cause lung cancer.
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