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Sleepy-looking eyes don't always need ptosis correction

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Not everyone with sleepy-looking eyes needs ptosis correction👀 First, you need to figure out whether the iris is being covered because of true ptosis, where the muscle that opens the eye is actually weak, or because of pseudoptosis caused by sagging skin. With pseudoptosis, simply removing excess skin while creating a double eyelid can improve things without ptosis correction. On the other hand, if the eye-opening muscle really is weak, ptosis correction can be considered as well.

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When the iris is covered, in other words, when the eyes look sleepy, you first need to tell whether it's true ptosis, a functional problem where the muscle that opens the eye has weakened, or pseudoptosis caused by sagging skin.

With pseudoptosis, if we create a double eyelid to some degree and remove a bit of skin, it can improve without ptosis correction. But for people whose eye-opening muscle really is weak, whether it's non-incisional or incisional double eyelid surgery, the eye-opening muscle needs to be strengthened.

The audio in this video is in Korean. The title, description, and subtitles are translations of the original Korean posted on the channel. Results may vary depending on each person's condition.

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