What is a "Pinch Blepharoplasty"

Hello,
When performing a pinch blepharoplasty, the surgeon will pinch a small amount of skin and remove it. The surgeon will then stitch it together carefully. It is important to be conservative, otherwise the procedure may cause lower eyelid retraction. And every surgery has its risks. Hope this helps answer your question. Thank you and best of luck.
Dr. Nassif

A skin pinch is primarily used when performing a transconjunctival lower blepharoplasty. If a small degree of skin wrinkling is present, an option for addressing this is to pinch up a small amount of skin just below the lower eyelid lashes. A forceps is used to forcefuly pinch the skin which is then cut with a scissors and then sutured together.
This approach cleans up the lower eyelid skin without the risk of alterting the contour of the lower eyelid. The same type of skin firming can be done with a chemical peel in certain people. This types of manuevers are generally used selectively and as such, they are used commonly but not necessarily routinely.