Patient 1
Reconstructive
Procedures: Ptosis Repair
Surgeon: Caroline Vargason, MD PhD
Individual results may vary.
Patient 2
Reconstructive
17-year-old Caucasian, Hispanic female. She is a high school student who was born with ptosis (congenital ptosis). She eventually had trouble keeping her eyes open enough to do homework in the evenings.
Procedures: 1st a left upper eyelid ptosis repair (internal) resulted in right upper eyelid ptosis. 2nd a bilateral upper eyelid ptosis repair (external) restores symmetry. As a bonus, she feels more confident & her eye makeup looks better! Timeline: 10 weeks after 2nd surgery. Surgeon: Caroline Vargason, MD PhD
Procedures: Upper Blepharoplasty
Surgeon: Caroline Vargason, MD PhD
Individual results may vary.
Patient 3
Cosmetic & Reconstructive
67-year-old Caucasian Hispanic female. She complained of difficulty seeing at night, bumping into things overhead, and a heavy feeling of the eyelids. These issues resolved after surgery.
Procedures: bilateral upper eyelid ptosis repair (external) & upper blepharoplasty Cosmetic bilateral internal browplasty.
Timeline: 3 months after procedure.
Surgeon: Caroline Vargason, MD PhD
Individual results may vary.
Patient 4
Reconstructive & Cosmetic
71-year-old Caucasian female. She complained of difficulty seeing when reading throughout the day & the eyelids feeling very heavy in the morning due to swelling. She has a nerve condition (4th nerve palsy) that causes her to tilt her head to the right. After surgery she tilts her head much more because she can see better. She has the added benefit of seeing her eyelashes again. She still has swelling of the eyelids in the morning, however it no longer blocks her vision.
Procedures: bilateral upper eyelid ptosis repair (external), bilateral upper eyelid blepharoplasty.
Timeline: 7 weeks after procedure.
Surgeon: Caroline Vargason, MD PhD
Individual results may vary.
Patient 5
Reconstructive & Cosmetic
55-year-old Caucasian female. She complained of heavy feeling eyelids all the time, on the right more than the left. She has needed to have differently curved lash extensions applied due to the upper eyelid hooding.
Procedures: right upper eyelid ptosis repair (internal), cosmetic bilateral upper eyelid blepharoplasty.
Timeline: 4 months after procedure.
Surgeon: Caroline Vargason, MD PhD
Individual results may vary.
Patient 6
Cosmetic & Reconstructive
72-year old Caucasian male. He complained of upper eyelids interfering with his vision & sagging lower eyelids.
Procedure: bilateral upper eyelid ptosis repair, temporal direct browplasty & lower eyelid blepharoplasty.
Timeline: 6 months after surgery.
Surgeon: Caroline Vargason, MD PhD
Individual results may vary.
Patient 7
Reconstructive
60-year-old Caucasian female. She complained of heavy eyelids causing difficulty reading and seeing her computer.
Procedure: bilateral upper eyelid ptosis repair (external).
Timeline: 5 weeks after surgery.
Surgeon: Caroline Vargason, MD PhD
Individual results may vary.
Patient 8
Reconstructive
65-year-old Caucasian female. She complained of seeing a shadow in her side vision. She had an upper eyelid blepharoplasty about 10 years ago. Procedure: left upper eyelid ptosis repair (internal). Timeline: 8 weeks after surgery. Surgeon: Caroline Vargason, MD PhD
Individual results may vary.
Patient 9
Reconstructive
81-year-old Caucasian male. He complained of difficulty seeing when reading & the left eye almost closing all the time. Procedure: bilateral upper eyelid ptosis repair (external). Surgeon: Caroline Vargason, MD PhD
Individual results may vary.
Patient 10
Reconstructive
70-year-old Caucasian male. He complained of a heavy feeling in the eyelids for 10 years and more recently seeing a shadow in his side (peripheral) vision. Procedure: bilateral upper eyelid ptosis repair (external), bilateral temporal browplasty. Timeline: 11 weeks after surgery. Surgeon: Caroline Vargason, MD PhD
Individual results may vary.
Patient 11
Cosmetic and Reconstructive
77-year-old Caucasian female. She complained of difficulty seeing when she is reading & sewing. She doesn't like the puffs underneath her eyes. Procedure: bilateral upper eyelid ptosis repair (external), bilateral lower eyelid blepharoplasty. Timeline: 6 months after surgery. Surgeon: Caroline Vargason, MD PhD
Individual results may vary.
Patient 12
Reconstructive
80-year-old Caucasian female. She complained of not being able to see to read anymore & had stopped reading. She could no longer raise her eyebrows enough to see better. Procedure: bilateral upper eyelid ptosis repair (external). Timeline: 11 weeks after surgery. Surgeon: Caroline Vargason, MD PhD
Individual results may vary.
Patient 13
Reconstructive
64-year-old Asian female. She complained of difficulty seeing all the time, especially when playing golf. She requested a small lid crease without tarsal platform show (area to place eye shadow). Procedure: bilateral upper eyelid ptosis repair (external). Timeline: 3 months after surgery. Surgeon: Caroline Vargason, MD PhD
Individual results may vary.
Patient 14
Reconstructive
73-year-old Caucasian female. She complained of seeing her eyelids in her vision all the time. Procedures: bilateral upper eyelid ptosis repair (external), left upper eyelid levator recession (revision to lower the eyelid). Timeline: 5 months after surgery, 6 weeks after revision. Surgeon: Caroline Vargason, MD PhD
Individual results may vary.
Patient 15
Cosmetic & Reconstructive
69-year-old Caucasian female. She complained of under eye bags & heavy upper eyelids causing difficulty with side (peripheral) vision. Procedures: bilateral lower eyelid blepharoplasty, bilateral upper eyelid ptosis repair (internal) & blepharoplasty. Timeline: 4 months after surgery. Surgeon: Caroline Vargason, MD PhD
Individual results may vary.
