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Anyone hear of a lower eyelid lift with anchor to prevent the lid from sagging?

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Has anyone heard of a lower eyelid lift - incision through the lower lid and then having an anchor/surgical thread stitched on the lower lid? The anchor is supposed to hold the eye in place while it heals and to prevent the lid sagging. They do this by taping the surgical thread to the brow (from the lower lid). Kind of hard to explain but this was a recommendation from a plastic surgeon in NJ. I have never heard of this type of procedure but I wanted to know what other doctors think of it.

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