Cosmetic

366) Which of the following statements regarding Upper Blepharoplasty in the Asian patient is TRUE?

A. 75% of East Asians demonstrate a “single eyelid”.
B. Asian patients desire full “Westernization” of the eye.
C. In the single eyelid the levator filaments penetrate the orbital septum and orbicularis muscle.
D. The periorbital fat compartment descends inferiorly creating “puffiness” of the eyelid.
E. 50% of East Asians have the epicanthal fold.





REFERENCES & ANSWER

McCurdy Jr. J. A.: Upper Blepharoplasty in the Asian Patient: the “double eyelid” operation, Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America, 10, 2002, pp. 351-368

McCurdy Jr. J. A.: Cosmetic Surgery of the Asian Face, Chapter 35 in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, (Papel, editor) Thieme, Third Edition, p.p. 435-458, 2009


366) D        The periorbital fat compartment descends inferiorly creating “puffiness” of the eyelid.