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
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If you figure out how to fix the pinkie toenail thing let me know. 'Miah and I have the same ones.
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