I have bulgy eyes! Why do my eyes look so protruded? What treatment option is there for my bulgy eyes?

Do you have bulgy eyes? You are not alone. There are so many people suffering from problems with eye protrusion that protruded eye surgery, once considered a dangerous procedure and only used in emergency situations, is now sought for cosmetic reasons. Without getting into too much medical jargon, let's take a look at what causes eyes to bulge, and then take a look at the medical procedure used to correct the problem.

When eyes protrude awkwardly outside of the head, the main reason will always be due to lack of space behind the eye in the eye socket. A crowded eye socket causes the eyeball to protrude forward. There are many medical factors that cause an eye socket to be "crowded". The one we address here is when the bones making up the inner wall of the orbital room (eye socket) is convex.

A convex inner orbital wall makes for less room for the eye to sit properly. Eyeball protrusion is an unavoidable result. What we here at EFIL do in this case, is osteotomize some of the orbital bone to expand the orbital room and make more room for the eyeball. Dr. Peter Kim of EFIL Plastic Surgery Clinic gives an overview of the explanation in this YouTube video. If you are interested, we encourage you to click on it and taking a look.

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