part closing bottom eyelid

[nice sax]

Can anyone help. About 20 years ago I had an operation to remove an acoustic neuroma and it has left me with a small problem when blowing my saxophone.

The problem is that when I form my embouchure and blow the bottom eye lid closes slightly causing slight distortion of the music that I am reading. I have lived with this but find it very annoying at times and it affects my performance.

I have tried various eye creams to no affect, and the only way I have found to stop it happening is to apply surgical plaster to my cheek to pull the skin down which is OK indoors but not something I can use in public.

Any help or advice will be much appreciated.

[Sqad]

Difficult....this is due to a very partial damage to the facial nerve during removal of the acoustic ( I presume that it IS on the same side of the acoustic)

I would make an appt to see a plastic surgeon re botox injections or other beneficial alternatives.

[Old_Geezer]

Perhaps you need a second op. Or maybe a skin coloured tape/plaster that won't obviously show ?

Can you wear an eyepatch and rely on the other eye alone ?

[Carakeel]

I was going to suggest the same as Sqad. See a good plastic surgeon, but check them out before you have anything done. I hope they can sort this for you!

[daffy654]

Could you use some of the clear tit tape that women use to stop their boobs falling out of their clothes?

[Sqad]

http://www.theanswerb.../Question1029890.html

It would have been polite to comment on the very same question as above...........I don't expect any feedback from this post.

Bloody rude in my opinion.

[lcg]

quite....poverty of answers/manners!