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7 Misunderstandings about eyelid and eye bag surgery

1. Everyone can do laser eye bag surgery.

Eye bag without definite excessive skin is the only good candidate for this procedure.

2. Lower eyelid surgery always causes the ectropion complication and obvious scar.

Intraoperative evaluation and judgment are the most important factors to prevent this morbidity.

3. Lower eyelid surgery can totally smooth the under eye hollowness.

Even some excess skin has been removed and the rest of eyelid skin will be tightened, hollowness cannot be completely corrected.

4. Puffy upper eyes are always improved by fatty bag removal.

Puffy eyes are caused by many factors .To lessen the puffy eye(s), sometimes, more than one procedure are needed, for example, endoscopic brow lifting.

5. All of fatty bag should be removed during upper eyelid surgery.

Hollowness will appear naturally in elderly then partial preserved fatty bag should be considered during upper eyelid surgery.

6. Upper eyelid surgery will correct brow drooping.
The more upper eyelid skin are removed, the more brow hooding will happen. To correct the dropping brow, brow lifting such as endoscopic brow lift is an advised procedure.

7. Lower lid fold is possible in sunken or deep-set eye.

Hollow or deep-set eye(s) is not possible to be fixed to lower double lid fold. They will always be high or ambiguous fold if double eyelid surgery is performed.

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