A Comparative Study between No Touch Blepharoplasty and Direct Transcutaneous Lower Eyelid Blepharoplasty Using Orbicularis Oculi Muscle Flap

El-Mekkawy, Soha F

doi:10.21608/ejprs.2018.215074

A Comparative Study between No Touch Blepharoplasty and Direct Transcutaneous Lower Eyelid Blepharoplasty Using Orbicularis Oculi Muscle Flap

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Soha F El-Mekkawy

The Department of Plastic Surgery, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

10.21608/ejprs.2018.215074

Abstract

Introduction: Lower blepharoplasty is considered one of
the puzzling procedures in plastic surgery and the search of
one ideal technique is going on, thus we performed this
prospective study in order to compare the functional and
aesthetic outcomes of 2 different blepharoplasty techniques.
Methods: 40 patients requesting blepharoplasty were
divided randomly into 2 sub-groups in respect to the technique
used; the traditional blepharoplasty or the no touch technique.
Results: The overall rate of incidence of complications
was 22.5%. No statistically significant difference in-between
the 2 groups.
Conclusion: The no touch technique; through our experience
in this study; has proven to be a safe, successful and
efficacious technique for lower eyelid rejuvenation.

Keywords

Main Subjects

Aesthetics

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