CORRECTION OF THE UNILATERAL DOUBLE EYELID BY NON-INCISION TECHNIQUES.

Youn, Do Yong; Hwang, So Min; Hoyun, Sung; Oh, Jae Wook; Kim, Dong Il

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 1997;24(1):107-115.
Published online January 1, 1997.

CORRECTION OF THE UNILATERAL DOUBLE EYELID BY NON-INCISION TECHNIQUES.

Do Yong Youn, So Min Hwang, Sung Hoyun, Jae Wook Oh, Dong Il Kim

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, Inje University.

Abstract

Double eyelid operation is one of the most common cosmetic surgery in orientals. Among this, the non-incision technique has been usually performed in the patient with thin upper eyelid, lesser amounts of orbital fat, less redundant skin of upper eyelid, and so on. A non-incision technique make a more smooth and natural double eyelid. The merit comes from short operating time, short recovery time, less morbidity and inconspicuous scarring, Therefore, when we decide double eyelid operation on a patient who has a congenital unilateral double eyelid, we correct the aesthetic deformity in appearance caused by an unnatural asymetric upper lid which is not double eyelid using a non-incision technique. This study includes 255 patients to whom underwent double eyelid operation of unilateral double eyelid by non-incision techniques from 1990 to 1995, ranged in age 19 to 55years and follow-up period ranged from 2 months to 2 years. Two methods of non-incision technique were used in this study. One is single stitch method and the other is continuous buried suture method. The former was used in 176 patients(70.2% ) who are young with thin upper lid and the latter was used in 79 patients( 29.8% ) with redundant or puffy upper lid. Most of the patients were satisfied with smooth and symmetric appearance. We concluded that non-incision technique can be a good surgery method of correcting unilateral double eyelid. And we had good results using the continuous buried suture method in the case of puffy upper eyelid.

Keywords: Unilateral double eyelid; Non-incision technique