title: Rejuvenation of the aging eyelid.
abstract: Rejuvenation of the aging eyelid subunit provides a youthful appearance to one of the focal points of the face. As the age of our population increases, these procedures are likely to become increasingly more common. Accurate preoperative examination, assessment, and counseling are imperative to achieve an excellent result. As well, careful selection from the spectrum of available techniques, combined with meticulous surgical precision, will assist the surgeon in rejuvenating the individual patient. Although no one ideal surgical procedure exists, many safe and effective strategies have been developed as we have learned more about the effects of aging. This article aims to provide a history of techniques used in eyelid rejuvenation, as well as an overview of the evaluation process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, 29425, USA.
authors.forename: Adam T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: Jeffrey G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Neal
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000601:surgery; D019882:Blepharoplasty / Q000145:classification / Q000379:methods; D003376:Counseling; D005143:Eyelids / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D012060:Rejuvenation; D015595:Skin Aging / Q000473:pathology*