Abstract:Upper blepharoplasty has traditionally involved subtractive approaches with excision of different amounts of skin, muscle, and fat. However, this approach often results in iatrogenic acceleration of the normal volume depletion and bone resorption associated with aging, which leads to deepening of the superior sulcus, A-shape deformity and generalized hollowness. In recent years, the concept of periorbital volume restoration and augmentation has shifted the paradigm toward fat preservation and gland repositioni… Show more
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