상안검거근 Levator Muscle

[BACKGROUND] Abnormally high eyelid fold is a common unsatisfactory esthetic outcome after double eyelid surgery. At present, successful correction of high eyelid fold among Asians remains one of the most challenging procedures for eyelid p…

[BACKGROUND] Mild ptosis can be aesthetically displeasing for patients, especially in unilateral cases. However, some patients do not desire to undergo a surgical repair. Botulinum toxin injection might be an option in these cases. [OBJECT…

[BACKGROUND] Conjoint fascial sheath suspension can achieve pleasing surgical efficacy and dynamic eyelid movement in the treatment of severe ptosis. In recent years, the palpebral margin incision technique has been applied for double-eyeli…

[BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES] In recent years, a modified levator muscle resection using Putterman ptosis clamp was developed. We used a retrospective case-control study to compare the effects of the modified and traditional levator muscle resect…

[BACKGROUND] Botulinum toxin (BTX) is useful for inducing temporary ptosis in patients with ocular surface disease. However, transcutaneous BTX often causes inadvertent superior rectus (SR) paresis. Furthermore, Muller's muscle is unaffecte…

Asian upper blepharoplasty is one of the most commonly requested procedures in Asian patients. Many incisional and suture methods have been described in the literature. While the suture method is advantageous for its simplicity and quick re…

[BACKGROUND] Fifty percent of Asians are born without a supratarsal fold (also called single eyelid), and double eyelid blepharoplasty is one of the most commonly performed and most popular facial cosmetic surgeries in the Asian population.…

[BACKGROUND] In buried suture methods, the levator aponeurosis is fixed to the subcutaneous tissue in the pretarsal region using a suture. However, loosening of the suture occurs frequently and causes regression or disappearance of the doub…

Botulinum toxin injection has been widely used for facial rejuvenation, with high rates of efficacy and patient satisfaction. In this article, we describe a reproducible phenomenon of unilateral double eyelid formation with the treatment of…

[BACKGROUND] This article presents a new method using a dermis-outer orbicularis fascia-orbicularis-levator (DOOL) fixation technique for double-eyelid blepharoplasty. [METHODS] Our surgical technique preserves the preorbicular venous netw…

[BACKGROUND] The skin-tarsus-skin and orbicularis-levator fixation approaches are the 2 most applied techniques for double-eyelid blepharoplasty in China. However, both approaches have their own disadvantages. To achieve stable and dynamic …

Ptosis is one of the common diseases of plastic surgery, which is caused by various causes of levator palpebrae superioris dysfunction or Müller muscle insufficiency, which is manifested by the upper eyelid margin being lower than normal wh…

[BACKGROUND] The orbital septum prevents both superficial eyelid infection and the spread of bleeding into the orbit. The fusion point between the upper eyelid orbital septum and the levator aponeurosis or the tarsal plate plays an importan…

[BACKGROUND] Asian upper blepharoplasty is the most popular cosmetic procedure for Asian women. However, there is no standardized approach to this procedure and suboptimal results are still common. [OBJECTIVES] The aim of this article was …

[BACKGROUND] Botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) has grown tremendously in aesthetic dermatology since 2002 when the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first approved its use for treating moderate-to-severe glabellar lines. Blepharopto…

Double-eyelid blepharoplasty, the procedure to create supratarsal crease, has been one of the most popular cosmetic operations in Asia for many years. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness and safety of a surgical procedure using a c…

Blepharoplasty for thyroid eye disease (TED) has been indicated for the purpose of improving upper and lower eyelid retraction caused by exophthalmos. Both aponeurotic blepharoptosis and aging lower eyelid are common conditions that require…

The upper eyelid crease is an indentation at the level where fibers from the levator aponeurosis insert into the skin. Typically, Asian eyes are described as creaseless and puffy and the aim of blepharoplasty is to achieve an eyelid crease,…

Nonincisional blepharoplasty is widely practiced to make natural double eyelids. However, this method has the disadvantage of the double fold loosening compared to incisional blepharoplasty. Many researchers have proposed a method of noninc…