Abstract
Background:
The depression at the lower eyelid cheek junction, also known as the “tear trough,” is a common aesthetic facial surgery target during blepharoplasty with midface lift.
Objective:
Among patients undergoing midface lift surgery, volume change by three-dimensional (3D) photography in the tear trough region was compared between those having no orbital fat manipulation, fat transposition, or fat resection.
Methods:
This prospective study recently published aims to evaluate 3D measure volume changes in the tear trough area after a lower blepharoplasty with midface lift with or without orbital fat manipulation.
Results:
All patients had volume gain in tear trough volume. The amount was not statistically significantly different between fat treatment groups.
Conclusions:
Midface lifting improved tear trough volume irrespective of how fat was manipulated.
Authorship Contribution Statement:
R.M.L. contributed to conceptualization, methodology, project administration, supervision, validation, writing the original draft, and review and editing the article.
M.N.de.F. contributed to conceptualization, data curation, formal analysis, investigation, methodology and writing the original draft, and review and editing the article. J.P.T. contributed to conceptualization, visualization, writing the original draft, and review and editing the article. All authors contributed to article conceptualization, editing, and review for submission.
No competing financial interests exist.
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