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Eyelid Surgery
Wrinkled folds of skin on the upper lids, drooping eyebrows, pouches
under the eyes - all can result in emotional distress and/or functional
disability. All can be modified through corrective eyelid surgery.
Blepharoplasty is a surgical procedure to remove excess upper or lower
eyelid skin and fat. It is considered aesthetic surgery when performed
solely to improve the patient's appearance.
Upper lid blepharoplasty is considered reconstructive if the patient's
vision is impaired by at least a 10% superior visual field loss or by
the skin resting on the upper eyelashes on forward gaze. Reconstructive
surgery may also be employed in the removal of tumors or scars resulting
from trauma or injury, and in the correction of ptosis (drooping eyelids).
Lower lid blepharoplasty is considered reconstructive when used to correct
lower eyelid eversion (out-turned eyelids -- Ectropion) or inversion
(in-turned eyelids - Entropion).
Reconstructive Upper and
Lower Eyelid Surgery (Blepharoplasty)
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After Surgery
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Outer Ear Surgery
Ear deformities, depending
on their configuration, have been subjected to a multitude of labels.
Abnormal size, shape, or angulation often result in such cruel descriptions
as bat ears, shell ears, cat ears -- even Dumbo or Mickey Mouse ears.
Outer ear surgery (otoplasty) is considered aesthetic when performed
to correct prominent ears that are aesthetically displeasing to the
individual but are otherwise normal in appearance.
Otoplasty is considered reconstructive when performed to correct overly
large or deformed ears due to trauma, tumor, infection or birth defects.
Reconstructive otoplasty may be performed to create absent or abnormal
folds on congenitally deformed ears.
Reconstructive Ear Surgery (Otoplasty)
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After Surgery
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