Double Eyelid Operation Using Partial Incision and Continuous Buried Suture.

Yoon, In Mo; Hong, Jeung Keun; Yoo, Gyeol

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 2003;30(5):674-676.
Published online September 1, 2003.

Double Eyelid Operation Using Partial Incision and Continuous Buried Suture.

In Mo Yoon, Jeung Keun Hong, Gyeol Yoo

¹Department of Plastic Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Korea. psyg@catholic.ac.kr
²Metro Plastic Surgery Clinic, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

e double eyelid operation is one of the most common aesthetic operation in Korea. The non-incision method have advantage such as decreased swelling, faster recovery and so forth. However difficulties arise in case of excessively fatty upper eyelids. The authors have devised a method for use with the fatty upper eyelid. Through the partial incision, orbital fat was removed and the double fold was made with the continuous buried suture technique. This technique was performed in 215 cases in 462 total double eyelid operation in Metro Plastic Surgery Clinic from August 2000 to May 2002. We experienced satisfactory results in all cases except 1 case of asymmetry and 1 case of fold loss. The authors conclude that this method achieves a shorter operation time, less morbidity and better cosmetic results in fatty upper eyelids than the other incision methods.

Keywords: Double eyelid operation; Continuous buried suture; Partial incision