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Dermatochalasis vs Ptosis: A Dermatologist’s Complete Guide to Telling the Difference

Dermatochalasis vs Ptosis: A Dermatologist’s Complete Guide to Telling the Difference

Hooded eyelids can be excess upper eyelid skin (dermatochalasis), a stretched lifting muscle (aponeurotic ptosis), or both. The conditions look similar but have completely different treatments. A d...