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The Classification of Aging Lower Eyelid and Selection of the Operation Options in Asians  

Kwon, Soon Geun (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
Park, Jun (Starline Plastic Surgery Clinic)
Yang, Won Yong (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
You, Young Cheun (Art Plastic Surgery Clinic)
Kang, Sang Yun (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
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Archives of Plastic Surgery / v.35, no.5, 2008 , pp. 581-588 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: It is generally accepted that anatomical structures of the soft tissue in Asian faces are quite different from those in Caucasian. It is presumed that these differences are due to collagen rich thick dermis and durable superficial musculo-apponeurotic system (SMAS) in Asian. We classified the aging lower eyelids and reviewed the operative procedures according to the types of aging lower eyelids in Asian. Methods: We compared preoperative and postoperative photos of 117 patients over 30 years of age, who underwent lower blepharoplasty at the Kyunghee Medical Center from January 2001 to April 2006. We classified the patients based on the degree of skin laxity, presence of nasojugal groove and malar bag, the extent of aging process. We also reviewed the operative procedures according to each type of classification. Results: We classified our patients into four types as following. Type I patients showed minimal skin-muscle excess confined to lower eyelids regardless of the facial line. For these patients, we performed only transcutaneous or transconjunctival blepharoplasty. In type II patients, nasojugal grooves were shown and skin- muscle laxity was limited to the medial side of imaginary vertical line at lateral margin of pupil. In these cases, we performed free fat graft or fat repositioning on nasojugal groove or fat removal and septal duplication confined to medial side. Type III patients displayed more advanced medial bulging and remarkable laxity over the lateral side, the same operation methods as those of type II were applied at the lateral side of the line. Type IV patients demonstrated extensive midfacial aging changes including malar bags and underwent superficial subciliary cheek lift. Conclusion: The lower eyelid aging of Asian is different from those of Caucasian. We think that our classification is useful in selection of appropriate operative procedure to address specific problems for Asian patients.
Keywords
Classification of aging lower eyelid; Lower blepharoplasty; Asian;
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