Safety and efficacy of combined upper blepharoplasties and open Coronal Browlift: A consecutive series of 600 patients

Abstract

Surgical rejuvenation of the upper face involves the correction of excess and lax forehead, eyelid, and periorbital skin. Improving the appearance by correcting the effects of aging involves a combination of blepharoplasty and open coronal foreheadplasty. Many surgeons and several reports question the safety of both procedures being performed concomitantly. The difficulty arises in precisely balancing the skin excision from the frontal forehead and upper eyelid areas. Over-resection of skin may result in incomplete closure of the eyelid and dry-eye syndrome, while an inadequate resection may produce a poor aesthetic result. There is no large series that documents the safety and effectiveness of these two procedures being performed concomitantly. Furthermore, with the recent and rapid development of complex multiplanar endoscopic facial rejuvenation techniques, the basic open forehead-plasty has become increasingly overlooked as a legitimate, efficacious technique for rejuvenation of the upper face. The technique utilized in this series is presented in detail. The consistently excellent results obtained satisfy the aesthetic goals of patients as well as the goals of surgeons, and suggest a renewed interest in the technique based upon its simplicity and easily reproducible results.