How Often Do Asians Have Their Eyelids Touched Up?

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Latest answer by Amiya Prasad, MD
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Tags: causes, reasons, revision, touch up

Are revisions more common for Asian eyelid surgery? What are the common reasons?

5 answers to How Often Do Asians Have Their Eyelids Touched Up?

Common Reasons for Asian Eyelid Surgery Revision

Many people from all over the world come to me to revise their Asian blepharoplasty with other surgeons. With Asian Eyelid Surgery, common reasons for revision include: removing too much skin or fat (which is a common technical error made by eyelid surgeons less familiar with Asian eyes). Another reason for Asian eyelid surgery revision is unhappiness with scars after blepharoplasty which go outside the natural crease and are difficult to manage. A major reason... more

Amiya Prasad, MD
New York Oculoplastic Surgeon

www.prasadcosmeticsurgery.com

Asian blepharoplasty double eyelid surgery revision percentage

Some have quoted 13-35% for revisions. There are many reasons for having this high rate. Communication with the patient is probably the highest reason for this occurring. Surgeon skill probably is a cause of much of these revisions. The procedure is highly dependent on the skill of your surgeon. I usually take about 45 minutes to measure the incision and future crease and the surgery takes about 1.5 hours. For me it is not a quick procedure and requires intense precision. more

Philip Young, MD
Bellevue Facial Plastic Surgeon

Resurgery frequency after Asian eyelid surgery

Resurgery can be due to technical error by the surgeon, miscommunication presurgically between the patient and surgeon, low patient threshhold for the slightest asymmetry, or other wound healing variables (exposure to smoke; asymmetric eyelid muscle function; inordinate amount of brow sag after surgery); impatience with the healing process; parental or disapproval by one's significant other, resulting indissatisfaction (and request for re-srugery). There's not a blanket answer to... more

Charles S. Lee, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

Having a conservative eyelid result that requires additional surgery is not a complication.

Revisional eyelid surgery can be done to obtain additional aesthetic benefit or to correct an undesirable result. In approaching an asian eyelid surgery, I would rather under do a double fold even if this means a touch up surgery. It is important to understand that there is no fixed formula for how to place a crease and precisely how much skin should be removed. The eyebrow will relax down to some degree after any eyelid surgery. The art is estimating these factors in... more

Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD
Los Angeles Oculoplastic Surgeon

10% rate of complications in the medical literature

A study done in Taiwan reported a 10% rate of complications in double eyelid surgery. That is one of the highest rates for any cosmetic operation. The commonest complications are creases that are incomplete or shallow, or are not symmetric, too high or too low, or do not last and disappear. Many surgeons can have lower complication rates than the 10%, but any surgeon who does a lot of surgery occasionally has to touch up a double eyelid patient.

Jeffrey Schiller, MD
New York Oculoplastic Surgeon

www.beautifuleyes.com

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