A Modified Double-Eyelid Blepharoplasty: Tarsus Linkage Mechanism.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Double-eyelid blepharoplasty is the most popular plastic surgery in East Asia. The incisional methods are divided into two schools. The traditional method produces a stable eyelid, but will leave a postoperative scar. The other is represented by "Park," creating dynamic double-eyelid technology. Its advantage is that there is only mild scarring, but its disadvantages are asymmetry, corneal exposure, and loss of the palpebral furrow. Due to these various complications, we here propose an improved incisional blepharoplasty with the tarsus linkage mechanism.

Methods

This work covers 482 patients who underwent surgery from March 2018 to March 2022. All patients completed 6 months of postoperative follow-up. The basic procedure described here involves removing the pre-

SUBMITTER: Lu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10784336 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature