A blepharoplasty technique for refinement of oriental eyelid with lateral fold.

A slitted palpebral opening with slightly upturned lateral corner of the eye is one of the important aesthetic characteristics of Oriental eyelids. However, this characteristic often becomes distorted from middle age onward owing to growing of the lateral fold, or plica malopalpebralis superioris, a condition that does not apply to the Oriental eyelid alone. A technique is presented for creation of a superior palpebral sulcus with lateral-lifting and simultaneous removal of the lateral fold in blepharoplasty for youthful refinement of an Oriental eyelid with lateral fold.