Incisional Ptosis Correction

No excessive tissue removal! It becomes natural after sufficient recovery time.

Incisional Ptosis Correction+Medial Epicanthoplasty+Upper Epicanthoplasty

1 week 3 months 9 months

Excessive skin, muscle, soft tissue excision NO

Having incisional surgery does not necessarily mean severe scarring.
The type of scarring most patients worry about is depressed scarring.
Depressed scarring occurs when skin, muscle, soft tissue are excessively removed,
resulting in a sunken appearance along the double eyelid crease line.

To prevent such scarring, only the necessary tissue is removed
while preserving skin, muscle, and soft tissue as much as possible to minimize scarring.

While the incisional method may look unnatural during recovery, after sufficient recovery time
the scar becomes nearly invisible, so there is no need to worry excessively.

Getting double eyelid surgery without ptosis correction can result in a more unnatural appearance.

• Double eyelid surgery only

  Without ptosis improvement,
  the double eyelid crease forms
  but looks unnaturally thick
  and makes eyes appear smaller

• Stuffy, sleepy-looking eyes
• Double eyelid surgery + Ptosis correction

  Along with ptosis improvement,
  80~90% iris exposure
  for clearer,
  more defined eyes

When it is ‘pseudo-ptosis,’ ptosis correction is not necessary.

Incisional Ptosis Correction (Revision)+Lower Eyelid Fat Repositioning (3 months)

✓ Problem with levator muscle (eye-opening muscle) ✓ The eyelash line position covers the iris ✓ Ptosis correction surgery performed

Brow Lift+Upper Epicanthoplasty (10 months)

✓ Levator muscle (eye-opening muscle) is normal ✓ The eyelash line position is normal, but
the upper eyelid skin sags and covers the iris ✓ Can be improved with double eyelid surgery alone / Brow lift or forehead lift performed

’Pseudo-ptosis’ is simply put, ‘fake ptosis’. The iris exposure is low and
the forehead muscles are used to open the eyes, so the symptoms are similar to ptosis.
However, it only appears like ptosis because the eyelid skin sags and has excess fat,
while the eye-opening muscle strength is actually normal.

In other words, pseudo-ptosis can be improved with regular double eyelid surgery rather than ptosis correction.
Incisional double eyelid surgery is more suitable than the non-incisional method, and removing eyelid fat as needed is recommended.

Since ptosis and pseudo-ptosis look similar on the outside, they are not easy to distinguish,
but an accurate diagnosis before surgery is essential as the surgical methods differ.