Droopy eye due to head shape

March 18, 2011

I asked CT about my daughter's droopy eye. It's not excessively droopy but

compared to the other it is noticeable and it is present with or without the

helmet, even the 2 months between helmets. We have been doing PT since 5 weeks

old (and still doing some now, though not nearly as much) and the tort is rarely

visible in the neck or upper torso. The physical therapist was going to look

into what effect tort could have had on her eye for me, but without seeing tort

anywhere else is it still tort to blame?

CT said the droopy eye is left over from my daughter's forehead slope, and not

so much the tort. As in...if you look at the head from above, the slope from ear

to eyebrow is steeper on one side than the other side. The steeper sloped side

has the droopier eye. Has anyone else seen this? Did it improve with continued

helmet use? We are only two weeks into the current band so we should get some

more improvement but will this be a permanent asymmetry to her face? Is there

anything else I can do about this? I guess I can see that it is slightly better

than when I first noticed the droopy eye but it's still bothersome.

Should we go see an ophthalmologist? I don't think there is an issue with her

eyesight now, but if it is fixable with intervention I want to do so now. Would

a pediatrician be willing to refer us or will I have to find an ophthalmologist

on my own?

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