title: Necessity for partial resection of the orbicularis oculi muscle in blepharoplasties in some young patients.
abstract: Baggy eyelids which are due in part to hypertrophy of the orbicularis oculi muscle may be corrected better if one includes a partial resection of the palpebral portion of this muscle. No eyelid paralysis or ectropion has occurred in our cases.
mesh_terms: D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods