Contemporary upper lid blepharoplasty--tissue invagination
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1John A. Burns School of Medicine (University of Hawaii), Honolulu.
Clinics in Plastic Surgery
|April 1, 1993
Abstract:
Blepharoplasty is the most commonly performed operation to enhance facial appearance. Controversy arises over the need for tissue invagination as opposed to simple tissue excision. This article focuses on advanced invagination-type blepharoplasty, discussing who, what, where, when, why, and how.
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