Modified double-eyelid blepharoplasty with the combined partial- And minimal-incision method.

[BACKGROUND] Double-eyelid surgery remains a popular esthetic surgery in East Asian people. The partial-incision method provides the benefits of full-incision and nonincision techniques. It can create a predictable and durable double-eyelid crease.

[AIMS] To create a long-lasting double-eyelid crease with a minimal scar, the author has described the modified partial incision technique with a small and minimal incision.

[PATIENTS/METHODS] A preoperative design was developed with the patient in an upright sitting position. A partial incision was made between the medial limbus and the middle pupillary line; the minimal incision was made just adjacent to the lateral limbus. After local anesthesia, a strip of orbicularis oculi below the incision was dissected, and the pretarsal orbicularis oculi, anterior tarsal fascia and part of the anterior tarsal fat were removed. The skin, dermis and orbicularis oculi were sutured together with the pretarsal fascia.

[RESULTS] From July 2016 to September 2018, 138 patients received a modified partial-incision double-eyelid surgery. A total of 119 patients were followed up. The postoperative shape and height were stable. Five patients developed loss of the unilateral fold (2.17%), and one patient complained of bilateral narrow eyelid folds (0.87%). No serious complications were noted.

[CONCLUSION] The modified partial-incision technique for creating a double eyelid described here provides stable results with no visible scar and no serious complications.