[Significance of blepharoplasty in dermatologic surgery]

Upper eye lid blepharoplasty is one of the most commonly practiced surgical treatments in aesthetic medicine. Careful patient selection, thorough preoperative planing, and exact surgical treatment lead to optimal results. CO(2) laser assisted surgery provides a dry and clear surgical field, allowing precise tissue control. On the other hand CO(2) laser subsurfacing leads due to thermal effect to a shrinking of the lax orbital septum, and reduces the need for orbital fat resection or even allows one to avoid fat resection. Periorbital combination treatments in most cases allow smaller or less invasive procedures, reducing risk factors. Additionally they adapt to individual anatomic structures, different needs in outcome and show synergistic effects. Aesthetic dermatology incorporates many conservative and invasive approaches, so that upper eyelid blepharoplasty in dermatologic surgery is widely accepted and well-established.