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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Chong, Yuming
• Liu, Xuanchen
• Xiao, Yiding
• Yu, Nanze
• Ting, Wenyun
• Liu, Hao
• Huang, Jiuzuo
• Long, Xiao

Titel

Does Double-Eyelid Blepharoplasty Improve Forehead Wrinkles? A Prospective Study Using FACE-Q Scale and Anthropometric Measurements

Ist Teil von

• Aesthetic plastic surgery, 2023-12, Vol.47 (6), p.2425-2431

Ort / Verlag

New York: Springer US

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Background Single eyelids are common among Asians. It is not uncommon to see people with single eyelids raise their eyebrows to wide open their eyes. This results in frequent compensatory contraction of the frontalis muscle and thus leads to deep forehead wrinkles. Double-eyelid blepharoplasty creates a larger visual field. In theory, patients who receive the surgery will stop overusing the frontalis muscle. Therefore, the forehead wrinkles can be improved. Methods 35 patients who underwent double-eyelid blepharoplasty were enrolled. FACE-Q forehead wrinkle assessment scale was adopted to evaluate the forehead wrinkles preoperatively and postoperatively. In addition, anthropometric measurements were taken to indirectly evaluate frontalis muscle contraction in maximum eye-opening position. Results According to the FACE-Q scale, forehead wrinkles were improved after double-eyelid blepharoplasty, and the improvement was long-lasting in the 3-month follow-up. This was because the frontalis muscle contraction reduced after the surgery, as shown by the anthropometric measurements. Conclusion This study used subjective and objective methods to prove that double-eyelid surgery improves forehead wrinkles. Level of Evidence IV This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .