Intralesional Tetracycline Injection, Pinch Technique, and Canthopexy for the Treatment of Severe Festoons: Preliminary Results.

Background: Many techniques have been presented for the treatment of lower eyelid festoons, but no singular technique has become dominant.

Objectives: The authors describe the safety and efficacy of intralesional tetracycline injection, the pinch technique, and canthopexy for the treatment of severe festoons.

Methods: Institutional board review approval was obtained, and a retrospective chart review was performed on 15 consecutive patients who had received 2% tetracycline injections to treat lower eyelid large festoons between February 2017 and February 2020.

Relation Between Post-Augmentation Parenchymal Atrophy and Local Tissue Pressure.

Background: Breast parenchyma interacts dynamically with an inserted implant, which may lead to local atrophy and sensory involvement, changes in vascular tissue and lactation, and volume reduction over time. The inversely proportional relationship between pressure and volume cannot be stated with certainty; that is, the larger implants having more local pressure would lead to compression, thus leading to atrophy of parenchyma more intensely compared with smaller implants. The objective of this study was to assess and list breast parenchyma volume changes with different pressure levels due to silicone implants of several sizes.

Lateral Canthal Clefts of the Eyelid.

Purpose: Facial clefts are congenital anomalies classified by Tessier based on their anatomical position. Tessier 8 craniofacial clefts extend from the lateral canthus to the temporal region, including bone cleft at the frontozygomatic suture, and it is characterized by the interposition of a strip of skin at the lateral canthus that disrupts the continuity of the orbicularis muscle, preventing its normal functioning.

Methods: This is a retrospective study of 6 patients with congenital eyelid coloboma, of whom 5 underwent surgery for the removal of dermolipoma and reconstruction of the lateral canthus.

Histopathological Characteristics of the Orbicularis Oculi Muscle After Lower Blepharoplasty With or Without Myotomy.

Unlabelled: Lower blepharoplasty is a challenging aesthetic procedure. Despite advances in clinical and neuroanatomical studies related to orbicularis oculi muscle innervation, no study has examined its histopathological aspects in different lower blepharoplasty procedures. This study aimed to assess changes in the pretarsal muscle complex in patients treated with transcutaneous lower blepharoplasty with orbicularis myotomy versus those treated with transconjunctival blepharoplasty without myotomy.