Abstract
A technique is described that aesthetically corrects brow ptosis and upper eyelid hooding in selected patients. This procedure is performed through a standard upper eyelid blepharoplasty incision and addresses the common findings of soft tissue fullness below the brow due to excessive suborbicularis fat and hypertrophied orbicularis oculi muscle.
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Paul, M.D. The surgical management of upper eyelid hooding. Aesth. Plast. Surg. 13, 183–187 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01570216
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01570216