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What can i do to get rid of heavy eyelids? every time i go on the internet, my eyelid hurt and it heavy. i didn't have hooded eyelid when i was young.

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Dr. Richard Bensinger answered

Surgery: Over the years, gravity and your heredity work to cause eyelid droop and excess skin. There is no medication or eyedrops that will correct this. but the excess can be very satisfactorily removed with an outpatient surgery under local. See your ophthalmologist for advice for this.

Answered 4/22/2016

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A member asked:

What can i do to get rid of heavy eyelids? every time i go on the internet, my eyelid hurt and it heavy. i didn't have hooded eyelid when i was young.

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Richard Bensinger answered

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