Arch Aesthetic Plast Surg.  2017 Feb;23(1):24-29. 10.14730/aaps.2017.23.1.24.

Measurement of the Exposed Eyeball Area and Vertical Dimension of Palpebral Fissure after Double Eyelidplasty

• Yeo SH
• Han DG

• KMID: 2371430
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.14730/aaps.2017.23.1.24

Abstract

BACKGROUND
Although the technique of double eyelidplasty is well recognized, there have been a few reports on the measurement of the eyelid after the operation. Herein, we measured the changes of the eyelids photogrammatically and compared them with others.
METHODS
Database of patients who had undergone double eyelidplasty using a three-partial-incision technique, along with a follow-up of more than 6 months, were identified. The changes of eyelid were measured by exposed eyeball area (EEA) and vertical dimension of palpebral fissure (VDPF) using preoperative and postoperative photographs.
RESULTS
Between January 2012 and December 2013, there were 28 patients who were followed-up for more than 6 months. All patients were female between the age of 16 and 37 years; the average follow-up period was 11.4 months. The mean preoperative value of EEA was 74.6±9.1% and that of VDPF was 7.4±1.0 mm. Conversely, the mean postoperative value of EEA was 83.9±6.3% and that of VDPF was 8.5±1.0 mm.
CONCLUSIONS
The mean values of EEA and VDPF after double eyelidplasty had changed with statistical significance.

Keyword

Blepharoplasty; Eyelids; Outcomes

MeSH Terms

Blepharoplasty
Eyelids
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Vertical Dimension*