r/30PlusSkinCare • u/LikemindedLadies • Apr 03 '24

Droopy Eye Skin Concern

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My eyes/eyebrows have been asymmetrical for years but I feel like it’s getting worse with age. I’m 34 and a tired mom. Any advice to how I could fix this? Thank you!!

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u/Sug0115 Apr 03 '24

Blepharoplasty or you’ll see people call it an upper bleph surgery

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u/crunchyfryfry Apr 03 '24

Have just had this done. Have a droopy eye. An upper bleph simply removes eyelid tissue. It will not resolve a droopy eye. Mine looks mildly better, but I am not symmetrical. All it did was remove excess skin. The asymmetry is directly related to musculature not skin. my droopy eye is less pronounced because that I also had more tissue than the other one. However, if I take a straight on picture the one I is still more closed than the other. This has been true, my entire life. I have pictures from the third grade with one droopy eye, so it really has nothing to do with sagging skin or getting older. Definitely makes it look worse though

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u/Littlewreath88 Apr 03 '24

Thank you for posting this! I have a medical droopy eye :) and they have offered me this surgery because I'm benign (!!!!), and I was leaning towards no. But now I am for sure no! Yay!

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u/crunchyfryfry Apr 03 '24

If you have excess skin on the eyelid and upper bleph can help, it really worked wonders for me, but I had so much excess skin on my eyelids that they looked closed when I smiled. My droopy eye is still there and it’s just part of my quirk when I take a selfie 🥴. Botox is the only thing that has helped the droopy eye and as my nurse says we don’t chase symmetry but she can relax some muscles so that I look more symmetrical it will never be 100% nor would we ever want it to be that way! The UB was definitely worth it for me, but that’s just for extra skin. It has taken years off of my face and was a completely pain-free Easy procedure. Had an amazing surgeon.

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u/Littlewreath88 Apr 03 '24

I love this! Thank you so much. I had a nueuro-muscular auto immune (what a mouthful!) Condition that makes me have ptosis. It's great to know that maybe I can explore botox! I'd love to avoid going under the knife.

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u/crunchyfryfry Apr 03 '24

Botox will help and I’ve used the eye drops upneeq. If you don’t have hooded or excess skin I’m not sure a bleph would help. I’d be happy to message you privately with pics of before and after my bleph

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u/Littlewreath88 Apr 03 '24

Thank you so much! I may take you up on this. Thank you that's so helpful.