Injecting soft-tissue fillers, such as hyaluronic acid, has become an extremely popular method of facial augmentation. Although rare, adverse effects, ranging from cosmetically dissatisfactory to dangerous, may occur. The most severe adverse effect of these is vascular occlusion of the central retinal artery, resulting in vision loss.
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November 2021
The double Frost suture is a useful supplement to the reconstruction of ipsilateral upper and lower eyelid defects with full-thickness skin grafts. This technique involves silk traction sutures that overlap the upper and lower eyelids to place them on maximal stretch after placement of 2 full-thickness skin grafts. It has the added benefit of protecting the cornea and compressing both grafts under 1 bolster.
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