Arch Aesthetic Plast Surg.  2017 Oct;23(3):122-126. 10.14730/aaps.2017.23.3.122.

Double-Fold Operation with a Partial Incision and Continuous Buried Suture

• Kang IS
• Choi JS
• Hong JG

• KMID: 2394317
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.14730/aaps.2017.23.3.122

Abstract

BACKGROUND
The double fold operation is one of the most common aesthetic surgeries in Korea. There are many methods to make double fold using non-incision, incision and partial incision. Patients seeking double folds prefer natural appearance, less downtime, minimal scarring technique. The most favorable method is the minimal invasive but long-lasting fold formation technique.
METHODS
From October 2003 to September 2016, this procedure was applied in 7,963 patients who worried about surgical scar or preferred non-incision method with puffy eyelids. Five stab incisions including two small incisions were taken in the upper eyelid. Through the small incision lines, the pretarsal muscle and the orbital fat were removed to facilitate tissue adhesion. The double fold line was made with the continuous buried suture. The suture was tied in the fifth stab incision site and the knot was placed deeply to prevent granuloma formation.
RESULTS
This method was performed in all patients. The complications were asymmetry (52 cases), fold loosening (43 cases), granuloma (12 cases), conjunctival hemorrhage (5 cases), and scar (4 cases). Especially 74% of fold loosening cases were developed in mild ptotic patients.
CONCLUSIONS
This method achieves good cosmetic result, shorter operation time, less morbidity, faster recovery in puffy eyelids than the other method.

Keyword

Blepharoplasty; Double fold; Eyelids; Suture techniques

MeSH Terms

Blepharoplasty
Cicatrix
Eyelids
Granuloma
Hemorrhage
Humans
Korea
Methods
Orbit
Suture Techniques
Sutures*
Tissue Adhesions