Concept of triangular, trapezoidal, and rectangular debulking of eyelid tissues: application in Asian blepharoplasty.
There has been continued refinement and understanding in the concepts of Asian blepharoplasty. Among Asians, aesthetic upper eyelid surgery to convert a creaseless upper eyelid (popularly referred to as "single eyelid") to one with a crease ("double eyelid") is the most frequently performed cosmetic surgery in Asia and among Asians living in the Western hemisphere. I have discussed my understanding of the concept of this surgery, utilizing a tarsal height-based external incision method plus assymmetrical debulking of the preaponeurotic tissues, including some fat, septum orbitale, pretarsal and preseptal orbicularis oculi muscles, and preseptal skin.
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Department of Ophthalmology and Ophthalmic Plastic, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000601:surgery; D001213:Asian; D044466:Asian People; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D013536:Suture Techniques