Easy method for Upper lid blepharoplasty in elderly Hansen affected persons
Author(s) -
Sung Yul Ahn,
Hyang-Joon Park,
Jong-Pill Kim
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
korean leprosy bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2635-8239
pISSN - 1229-1536
DOI - 10.33161/klb.2019.52.1.23
Subject(s) - blepharoplasty , medicine , mathematics , computer science , psychology , surgery , eyelid
Background The average age of Korean Hansen affected persons who have become less than 10,000 is 76 years old. The upper eyelid lesions of these patients coexist with senile lesions and paralytic lesions due to facial paralysis. This senile change includes skin laxity, eyebrow drooping, eyelid drooping, medial and lateral canthal relaxation and paralytic changes include wrinkle disappearance in the forehead, eyebrows asymmetry, eyelash drooping in the upper eyelid, and simultaneously symptoms of lower eyelid such as ectropion and lapophthalmos.
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