title: Upper eyelid blepharoplasty.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The surgical removal of redundant upper eyelid skin along with the excision of prolapsed anterior orbital fat is one of the most popular elective cosmetic surgical procedures performed today.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To provide a brief overview of patient selection and upper eyelid blepharoplasty technique.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Through careful patient selection and preoperative evaluation in addition to a thorough knowledge of eyelid and orbital anatomy, good outcomes from upper eyelid blepharoplasty can be obtained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmic-Plastic and Orbital Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, DC.
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Perman
mesh_terms: D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods