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A 59-year-old female asked:

Went to academic university for glaucoma eval. dr said travatan can cause sunken eyes but i have deep set eyes so wouldn't notice. heard of this?

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Dr. Tim Conrad
Dr. Tim Conradanswered
Ophthalmology 36 years experience
No: This is not a known effect of travatan. It can cause darkening of the eyes, but not sinking of them.
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Dr. Matthew Goren
Dr. Matthew Gorenanswered
34 years experience
No: Travatan does nothing to change the anatomy of the orbit of your eye. It can darken the pigmentation of the eye and surrounding areas, so maybe that's what he meant?
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