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Oren Goldan1, Jonathan Bank, Eli Regev

  • 1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, affiliated with the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Gan 52620, Israel. orengoldan@gmail.com

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
|August 28, 2007
PubMed

The APTOS threading procedure is a relatively new method in antifacial ptosis surgery. The reported cases present a small percentage of minor complications. A 57-year-old woman experienced scarring after APTOS threading. Scar biopsy showed an epidermoid inclusion cyst. Epidermoid inclusion cysts are a potential complication of APTOS threading. Proper surgical technique may reduce their likelihood.

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