[Orbicularis oculi muscle suspension and orbital septum fixation in blepharoplasty]

Zhonghua Zheng Xing Shao Shang Wai Ke Za Zhi. 1999 Jul;15(4):265-6.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Objective: The study is to correct all the deformities of the lower eyelid. There is a regressive keletonization of the orbit as the soft-tissue covering of the lower eyelid skin and orbicularis oculi descend downward due to loss of tone, and the orbital fat herniates through a weakened septum orbital, resulting in an infraorbital crease.

Methods: We suspend the orbicularis oculi muscle and fix the orbital septum in blepharoplasty.

Results: This method has been used in 32 patients with satisfactory results in recent years.

Conclusion: The technique can improve all the deformities of the baggy eyelids and achieve long-lasting youthful countenance.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Blepharoplasty*
  • Eyelids / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Oculomotor Muscles / surgery*
  • Rhytidoplasty / methods*