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Transcoronal blepharoplasty.

D L Dingman
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Some of the patients requesting blepharoplasty have a combination of excessive eyelid fat and brow ptosis but little or no dermatochalasis. Coronal brow lift, combined with transcoronal fat removal, serves these patients well. The prelevator fat pocket is easily entered from above by incising the periosteum of the anterior orbital roof just inside the orbital rim. Since the orbital septum and anterior lamella of the eyelid rim remain undisturbed, the result appears natural. Contraindications to the procedure include significant medical pocket fat and hair patterns that would exclude a coronal or hairline incision. Two complications, unilateral ptosis and unilateral chemosis, were temporary and totally reversible. Minor changes in the procedure have prevented the recurrence of these problems.

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D L Dingman. 1992. Transcoronal blepharoplasty.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1410034/

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