Background: Unaesthetic high eyelid fold is a challenging problem for plastic surgeons. Several methods have been introduced to overcome different deformities. Decision-making on how to select the most appropriate procedure for each patient with diverse underlying causes requires ample surgical experience.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Thread lifting was first described in the early twentieth century, but for many years it remained a relatively debatable technique due to the unreliability of the long-term results. Very few papers described the long-term follow-up of the patients. Until now there has been no ideal thread that can demonstrate the long-lasting results.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Blepharoplasty is a common aesthetic surgery performed worldwide. In Asians, too high eyelid folds after blepharoplasty cause an unsatisfactory aesthetic outcome that is difficult to correct. In this article, the authors propose surgical techniques to correct the high eyelid fold after blepharoplasty.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Removal of orbital fat in lower lid blepharoplasty has been widely replaced by fat realignment over the orbital rim. However, incomplete correction or recurrence of fat bulging is still common compared to a simple fat removal procedure due to improper transfer and fixation of fat over the orbital rim. The authors present a novel technique of orbital fat transfer under the periosteal strip to secure the fat along the orbital rim and prevent recurrence of fat bulging from reherniation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF