Journal of Aesthetic & Reconstructive Surgery

Upper eyelid lifting-correcting ptosis of the Infra-Brow skin

2^nd International Conference on Plastic & Aesthetic Surgery
July 27-28, 2017 Vancouver, Canada

Patrícia Perisse and Luiz Alberto Soares Pimentel

Clinic Patricia Perisse, Brazil

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Aesthet Reconstr Surg

DOI: 10.4172/2472-1905-C1-003

Abstract

The author presents hers and Dr. Pimentel’s experience with their personal technique named “Ascending Upper Blepharoplasty” – used in the initial cases, to correct ptosis of the orbital rim skin (sub-eyebrow skin) over the upper eyelid, a frequent occurrence after an upper blepharoplasty performed without a concomitant facial lifting. The technique can be used to correct “fatty eye”, a consequence of a lateral retro-orbicularis oculi fat (Roof) excess in the upper eyelids, and four more conditions can be treated with good results. The author makes a brief historical report about the blepharoplasty, describes the technique and presents some results. The access way for this procedure is a sub-eyebrow zigzag incision that can be used for frontal procedures, for corrugator supercilii muscles resection and for primary blepharoplasties. The described surgery starts a zigzag or W sub-eyebrow incision followed by a subcutaneous undermining and orbicularis muscle incisions to treat the fat pads and roof excesses, to ascend the eyelid’s lateral corner and to resect skin excess making a true upper eyelid lifting. The technique has been published in the Brazilian Plastic Surgery Society’s magazine in 2006 and has been presented in the following congresses/meetings: Vegas Cosmetic Surgery, Las Vegas, USA, 2016; ISAPS – International Society of Plastic Surgery, California, USA, 2010; American-Brazilian Meeting, Park City, Utah, USA, 2009 and Plastic surgery congress, QMP, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2007.

Biography

E-mail: patriciaperisse@icloud.com