Can droppy eyelids cause contacts (rgp) problems-fluctuating vision?!
Question: I'm a new rgp contact wearer. I just did an expirement and found that when I open my eyebrows I get more consistent good vision and don't feel the lens that much. On the contrary. When I relax my muscles I see much worse. Also I noticed my lens was slipping way to low from the pressure of my droopy eyelids. Is there any way to fix this problem?
Answers: I'm a new rgp contact wearer. I just did an expirement and found that when I open my eyebrows I get more consistent good vision and don't feel the lens that much. On the contrary. When I relax my muscles I see much worse. Also I noticed my lens was slipping way to low from the pressure of my droopy eyelids. Is there any way to fix this problem?
Again that comes back to the same problem of too much edge thickness we talked about a couple of days ago.
Your lid is catching on the lens, so the edge of the lens has to be rolled and thinned out more.
Looking straight ahead, gently pull your bottom and top lid away from "touching" your iris...if your vision clears...that is the problem.
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You have too many problems going on with them now...your Doc really needs to take another look at them...something ain't right.
Could be base curve problems now with your last reply...your symptoms are starting to include all the possibilities of what could be wrong with the fitting.
That is 3 or 4 days now that you have had them...most of those problems should have improved a lot if they were going to at all.
There is a surgery called a ptosis repair and a blepharoplasty that can assist in alleviating the weight of the eyelids on your eyes. Normally the ophthalmologist or an occuloplastic surgeon would do VISUAL FIELD testing with your eyes normally then tape your eyelids to determine if you would benefit from the surgery. If you can prove with a visual field test that the droopiness of your eyelids cuts off your field of vision (peripheral) then your insurance might pay for it. The surgeon just has to document that it is medically necessary prior to the procedure.
It would make sense that your droopy lids would push/weigh your contacts down and cause some decreased vision.
The surgeries that I mentioned above are pretty routine and shouldn't be a problem if you get an EXPERIENCED surgeon. An occuloplastic specialist probably does 10-15 a week at the least.
I hope this is the information you were looking for.