Smartphone Evaluation of Dynamic and Static Naturalness After Double-Eyelid Blepharoplasty.

Background: Recent studies on post-operative measurements for upper blepharoplasty utilized static photographs, which fail to accurately reflect the post-surgical dynamic naturalness of the eyelids.

Objectives: This study aimed to analyze dynamic naturalness after double-eyelid blepharoplasty using a simple smartphone method involving slow-motion videos.

Methods: This prospective observational study enrolled patients who underwent double-eyelid blepharoplasty using the flexible suspension technique (FST) and rigid fixation technique (RFT) and individuals with congenital double-eyelids.

Long-term Prognosis of Vision Loss Caused by Facial Hyaluronic Acid Injections and the Potential Approaches to Address This Catastrophic Event.

Background: Vision loss is a serious complication of hyaluronic acid (HA) filler injections, and long-term observations regarding the prognosis, particularly with angiography, are rare.

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the long-term prognosis and living status of patients with visual defects due to HA filler injections.

Methods: Nine patients with vision loss caused by HA filler injections and receiving different treatments were included and followed up for 2 to 6 years after their accident.

Blindness After Facial Filler Injections: The Role of Extravascular Hyaluronidase on Intravascular Hyaluronic Acid Embolism in the Rabbit Experimental Model.

Background: Blindness caused by ophthalmic artery embolism is the most catastrophic complication of facial hyaluronic acid (HA) injections. Extravascular (retrobulbar) injection of hyaluronidase has been suggested as a salvage in this calamitous situation. However, the effectiveness of this treatment still lacks consensus.

A Flexible Suspension Technique of Blepharoplasty: Clinical Application and Comparison with Traditional Technique.

Background: Double-eyelid blepharoplasty is one of the most popular aesthetic surgeries in China. But the traditional method produces a hidebound double eyelid due to its rigid suturing between the skin and the tarsus. The authors of this article concluded a novel technique of "flexible suspension technique" compared with traditional blepharoplasty which is considered as a "rigid fixation technique.

Repair of Large Full-Thickness Scalp Defects Using Biomaterial and Skin Grafting.

The reconstruction of large full-thickness scalp defects remains a surgical challenge, especially when the skull is exposed completely without periosteum. Surgical technique options for wound coverage have included tissue expansion, skin grafting, local or regional flaps, and microvascular free tissue transfer. In recent years, some authors have reported to use biological material as an alternative for repairing complex wounds.

Anatomic Study of Ophthalmic Artery Embolism Following Cosmetic Injection.

Introduction: Cosmetic injections of dermal fillers or fat could cause ophthalmic artery embolism and even blindness, the high-risk regions of which are considered glabellar, nasal dorsum, and nasolabial fold. Understanding anatomy of the related arteries is important for a physician to safely perform filler injections. To investigate the mechanisms of ophthalmic artery embolism following the injections, cadaver anatomy was studied.

Treatment of melasma with oral administration of tranexamic acid.

Background: Melasma is a common pigmentary disorder among Asian women. The available therapies such as bleaching agents, chemical peeling, laser, and intense pulsed light are not satisfactory or safe. In the search to find a new treatment therapy for melasma, oral administration of tranexamic acid (TA) was studied clinically in Chinese patients.

Combined anchor suture with external upper eyelid blepharoplasty in Asian patients.

Objective: To study the effect of an anchor fixation stitch in combination with the external incision technique in Asian upper blepharoplasty.

Methods: Combined with an upper eyelid blepharoplasty using a conventional external incision procedure, an anchor stitch was used to fixate the dermal layer of the pretarsal skin and the upper edge of the tarsal plate. The procedure was performed in 72 patients with creaseless eyes (50 cases) or with laxity of the upper eyelids due to aging (22 cases).

Laser lipolysis used to treat localized adiposis: a preliminary report on experience with Asian patients.

Background: Localized deposits of fat (adiposis) located in the face, chin, neck, and arms usually are more compact and difficult to treat using conventional liposuction. It is necessary to find an effective approach for this type of localized adiposis. This study aimed to investigate the clinical application of laser lipolysis for the treatment of localized adiposis in Asian patients.

Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA): a novel approach for the evaluation of abdominal liposuction results.

Background: It is difficult to measure exactly the amount of adipose tissue by which the body is reduced after liposuction. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) has been widely used in not only the diagnosis of osteoporosis but also the analysis of body composition such as the amount of bone mineral, adipose tissue, and other soft tissue. With this technique we can determine the exact amount of adipose tissue removed by liposuction.

[Endoscope assisted transaxillary subglandular breast augmentation].

Objective: To investigate the feasibility of endoscope assisted transaxillary subglandular breast augmentation in order to minimize the bleeding and tissue injury.

Methods: Since 2005, 27 patients underwent endoscope assisted transaxillary subglandular breast augmentation. Intraoperative bleeding and dissection injury were markedly decreased.