Small Incision Upper Blepharoplasty in the Treatment of Upper Eyelid Solitary Nasal Pad Fat Protrusion.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim of this article is to investigate the efficacy of small incision blepharoplasty in the treatment of upper eyelid single nasal pad fat bulge.

Materials and methods

This is a prospective study of 43 eyes of 24 patients who underwent small incision upper blepharoplasty for the treatment of solitary nasal pad fat bulge. All patients underwent a comprehensive ophthalmic examination, periorbital evaluation, and patient satisfaction evaluation using Global Aesthetic Improvement Scale (GAIS) and Blepharoplasty Outcomes Evaluation (BOE) at baseline, 1 week, 3 months, and 6 months after the surgery. All patients underwent small incision upper eyelid blepharoplasty for excision of nasal fat pad bulge.

Results

Baseline nasal fat bulge was graded into grades 1, 2,

SUBMITTER: Elhamaky TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10768960 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature