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Well, I had the opportunity to visit the Doctor to see about fixing the only part of me that isnt perfect(besides my weight gain, my large nose, my longer then "normal" second toes, my no toenail pinky toes, ect, ect, ect). It was a lengthy process, they made me look up and down a lot. they make me place a name tag on my chin while they took pictures. They used some little measuring thingy to measure the amount of "lift" of my eyelids. (Incase you were wondering it is still ZERO.) If any of you have wondered what my eye problem is called, it is Congenial Ptosis. There are many terrible things that can happen due to this disorder; luckily, I have never suffered any of the other side effects. The biggest problem I have had due to this problem, is not being able to look up quick enough. Like the time Mark hit me in the face with a shovel while I was making a ring out of telephone wire in his front yard, but that’s a whole different story.
Anyways, there are two different ways they can try to resolve this lift issue. The most common way is to remove a small portion of your eyelid and shorten the “lifter” so that you will be able to open your eyes more fully. The surgery for this is called the Aponeurosis Advancement. The problem with this is, you must be able to lift your eyelids at least a little in order to have this be a true success. The major drawback of this is if you don’t have the needed amount of movement, you run in to the possibility of never being able to close your eye again.
The second option is the Autogenous Fascia Lata or the Frontilias Sling procedure. In this procedure, there is more that needs to be done to make it “work”. First they take a small amount of tissue from your knee or they use something created in a lab and cut it into 4 small 2mm x 12mm strips. The doctor then makes multiple incisions into the brow and folds down the outer level of skin from the eyelid. Then a “sling” is created in which the eyebrows now act as the “lifters” for the lids. I have included a drawing of the process so you can see what they will do. I did not include the actual pictures because it is not a pretty sight. This is all done with a local anesthetic with supplemental sudation.

Anyways, that’s all for now, I still need to decided if and when I am going to have my eyes ripped apart and sewn back together.

Here is a link to a few "work safe" before and after photos of ptosis