Changes in Direction of Eyelashes After Epiblepharon Surgery Using the Hotz Procedure
- Authors
- Youn, Jimin; Kim, Joohyun; Lee, Hyunkyu; Lee, Hwa; Park, Jinhwan; Baek, Sehyun
- Issue Date
- Oct-2022
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ltd.
- Keywords
- Epiblepharon; eyelash; Hotz procedure
- Citation
- Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, v.33, no.7, pp E665 - E667
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
- Volume
- 33
- Number
- 7
- Start Page
- E665
- End Page
- E667
- URI
- https://scholarworks.korea.ac.kr/kumedicine/handle/2021.sw.kumedicine/61675
- DOI
- 10.1097/SCS.0000000000008518
- ISSN
- 1049-2275
1536-3732
- Abstract
- Purpose:
To analyze the change of direction of eyelashes after epiblepharon surgery using the Hotz procedure and to propose the appropriate correction amount to reduce the risk of undercorrection or overcorrection.
Methods:
Surgical correction using the Hotz procedure was performed in 60 patients who then were followed for 3 months in Korea University Anam Hospital. Clinical photographs were collected before and after the correction to measure the angle of the lower eyelashes.
Result:
The average angle before and after correction was 38.5° and −24.1°, respectively. The lower eyelashes gradually became introverted, and the amount of angle change was 9.3° at postoperative 1 month (P < 0.001). These lashes become slightly extroverted to −15.0° at 3 months after the correction.
Conclusions:
Lower eyelashes become introverted to about 9 degrees after surgical correction. They become more introverted after operation when the epiblepharon is more severe and when they are more reconditioned to extroversion immediately after the operation.
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