04/2024
What to do with drooping eyelids after wrinkle treatment?

Ptosis: this is the technical term for drooping of the eyelid and eyebrows.

If you suddenly notice that one eye seems smaller, you have difficulty opening your eye or your eyebrow is drooping about a week after wrinkle treatment with a muscle relaxant, it is most likely due to the muscle relaxant. Don’t panic at first! It will all pass again. Here I briefly explain how this happens and what you can do.

A drooping eyelid can occur if the muscle relaxant spreads in the orbital septum and paralyzes the upper eyelid elevator muscle accidentally. To minimize the risk, the physician should inject the product into the lateral corrugator supercilii muscle (muscle under the eyebrow), keeping a safety distance of 1-2 cm from the upper lateral orbital rim. If ptosis does occur, it is usually only of short duration (approx. two to four weeks).

What can you do?

Tip no. 1

• Do not lie completely flat for the next 4 hours and avoid lying on your stomach.

Tip no. 2

• Avoid sport, sweating, sauna, direct sunlight and increased consumption of coffee and alcohol in the next 48 hours

Tip no. 3

• If the eyelid does droop, we recommend activating the muscle by frequently blinking and massaging the eyelid. Eye drops that keep the eyelid open can provide short-term (approx. 4-6 hours) support (active ingredient apraclonidine: e.g. IOPIDINE® 0.5%).

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