This is education, not advice
The material on this website is general patient education about a drooping upper eyelid. It is not a diagnosis, not a treatment recommendation and not a personal medical opinion. It cannot account for your anatomy, your history or your health, and reading it does not create a clinical relationship.
No outcome is guaranteed
Surgery that changes the position of a lid is a matter of probability rather than certainty. Lid height differs between patients, the two sides are rarely symmetrical, and complications occur even when an operation is performed well. Nothing on this site should be read as a promise of a particular result, and no clinician can honestly give one.
Individual suitability varies
Whether an operation on the upper lid is appropriate can only be decided in an assessment by a qualified clinician who has examined you and reviewed your history. Statements about who usually does well describe patterns, not your case. A droop that is new, one-sided or changing may need a medical opinion rather than a surgical one.
Seek qualified care
If you have a health concern, arrange an assessment rather than relying on any website. If you develop sudden drooping of a lid with double vision, difficulty swallowing or weakness elsewhere, or severe eye pain, sudden loss of vision or an eye that will not close after an operation, seek emergency care immediately rather than waiting for a routine appointment.