Eye Surgery for Graves Disease?

I had a patient who had orbital decompression surgery. It took her a while to recover but she is happy with the results now. Removing some of the stuff that is pushing your eyes forward seems like a better idea than changing your eye lids. However your surgeon has seen you and I have not.

Thirty years ago I had an operation for this same problem, unfortunately at the time all that happened was the lid was folded. This did help, but I was never happy with the result. I had a correction two years ago, and this time a piece of skin was taken away and in doing so lifted the lid. Both times I had no pain whatsoever during or after the operations. I say go for it, because once the lid is lifted you will feel so much more confident in yourself. Good luck to you.

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