Necessity for partial resection of the orbicularis oculi muscle in blepharoplasties in some young patients.
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.
D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods