Forest Whitaker’s Eye- Explained by an Eyelid Surgeon | Understanding Ptosis 

Much appreciated! Thanks for watching till the end.

Very kind words 🙏🏼 thank you

Of course! Good luck to you!!

@@visionx46 my right eye is much lower that the left. Doctor said I need to do another surgery. There is a big difference between the two eyes. The right eye looks worst than before because the left eye is higher. I will do it again in six months.

Hey how is your eyelid now

@@nini.xo.1 The right eye is still uneven and the left eye some times gets teary and I also experience dry eyes. I saw my eye specialist who stated it takes a good six months for everything to be completely healed. The eye surgeon prescribed upneeq eye drops for the right eye. It helps lift it a bit so it looks even with the left eye. Thanks for asking.

@@YvetteLaboyLupusWellnessCoach hope it gets better sweetheart. Let me know how it goes 💜

@@nini.xo.1 Thank you! Will do.

If it falls after then it likely has masked ptosis to begin with, just not as severe as the more ptotic eye. So it usually involves treating both but with different degrees of ptosis repair. Hope that helps.

Much appreciated! Thank you

I think this is sometimes just a consequence of the Match process but often those spots get filled in the end because they’re always med students who want to do ophtho

Glad it helped. We treat children with Marcus Gunn - definitely a tricky type of ptosis to correct

Have you had your ptosis fixed? And would you recomend getting it fixed?

@@WyattMoore756 I've had two ptosis surgeries (my ptosis was covering half my eye), Its not perfect but I am happy with the results and also its helped with my self confidence tremendously. I can't speak for everyone as I know that it all depends on the severity of each individual's ptosis. I need to constantly lubricate my eye with drops as I have a small gap in my lid from the surgery uplift but I don't see it as a major inconvenience. For me, I am happy that I had the surgeries. I say, if you have ptosis and thinking about it, speak to a medical specialist and they can tell you if there are any risks. For me, the first surgery I had as a child I think I stayed in the hospital for about a week, the second as an adult, it was a quick process and I was sent home the same day.

​@@WyattMoore756 I've had two surgeries, one as a child and another as an adult. I can't speak for everyone else as severity of ptosis will be different for each individual and you also have to take into account any personal risks etc. For me, personally, I am very happy that I went for the surgeries, although not 100% symmetrically perfect, it has helped boost my confidence majorly. The only con is, I cannot fully close my lid when sleeping so this results in dry eyes which I have to lubricate at night with a thick eye ointment and sometimes during the day with drops but I do not find it an inconvenience at all. I say, speak to a specialist and see if you are happy with accepting any side effects which may come with getting it fixed.

​@@WyattMoore756 I've had two ptosis surgeries to make it more symmetrical, not 100% perfect but I am very happy with the results and it has certainly helped with my self confidence. Personally I would recommend if you feel it is affecting you a lot and if you are ok with the side effects that may come with it (dry eye, constantly having to use eyedrops/gels to lubricate the eye).

I’m glad you liked the video 🙌🏼. In young people myasthenia certainly can cause it. We will often check for that in young people. The other thing I see is in young people who wear contact lenses.

This is called arcus Senilis.

@@doctoreyeballmd7493 - started in my mid 40’s. Reading about it now. Thank you! My Optometrist seemed unconcerned.

I have a very similar story. I've had 2 surgeries on mine. First one didn't work at all. Second one worked but not as well as expected. I still have blocked vision, my actual vision is getting worse and need glasses, and mine causes pain around the eye muscles and my neck due to tilting my neck. They can't figure out why it's doing it or how to fix it. Been dealing with this for 10 years as it continuously gets worse. I wish I knew what to do next too.

This will vary based on where you live, what insurance you have, etc so it’s difficult to say exactly

@@doctoreyeballmd7493 I'm based in Lagos, Nigeria.

Hi, that’s an interesting question. Because congenital ptosis is a problem with the way the muscle is formed i.e. there is fatty infiltration of the muscle itself and dysgenesis, it’s a good question if there is some role for something like that, or even a genetic target that could help in the future. My suspicion is that all of medicine will shift toward genetic engineering in the next few centuries but who knows?

@@doctoreyeballmd7493 Thank you kindly for your response.

Ptosis surgery should be performed by an Oculoplastic surgeon (which is an ophthalmologist with subspecialty training in eye plastic surgery). Regular or facial plastic surgeons can do blepharoplasties but should not be doing ptosis surgery.

@@doctoreyeballmd7493 Thank you so much 😊

He did.

Mine is identical due to an accident... Looks stupid Been to ocuplastcs surgeons in UK here and they say they can't help me..

Definitely an important consideration in cases of ptosis, especially when it occurs in young people and is variable.

Upneeq is the commercial drop. The one we test with in clinic is phenylephrine

@@doctoreyeballmd7493are there any side effects from Upneeq?