The eyelid crease is a physiological portal to the upper eyelid. This is an enhanced digital book focusing on the upper eyelid's unique position among cosmetic plastic surgery, describing what is involved in double eyelid surgery, a common procedure available for Asians who desire to make their upper lids look less hooded by adding a natural eyelid crease.
It offers general and advanced concepts, the Author's current understanding of the eyelid crease, why it is important to understand its function and susceptibility, and the pros and cons of various procedures.
A comprehensive collections of surgical illustrations and before-and-after photos are offered for primary(first-time) cases as well as revision touchups. Several video clips are included.
The writing style is more targeted to general educated readership (than my other published medical textbooks in eye plastic surgery), such that anyone that is curious about the topic can read and follow the illustrations; seven of the 23 chapters are aimed at advanced level eye surgeons and physicians, plastic surgeons, and facial plastic surgeons.
The concepts and techniques described here for double eyelid procedures is universally applicable to anyone contemplating what upper eyelid surgery entails, as in upper blepharoplasty for cosmetic or functional correction, ptosis(droopy eyelid) repair, restoration or enhancement of a pre-existing eyelid crease that has faded with natural aging, and any procedure that involves entry or exiting through the upper eyelid crease. Therefore the information may be helpful to readers of any ethnicity.
(The Author Dr.William Chen has published two surgical textbooks related to this topic: the original "Asian Blepharoplasty-A Surgical Atlas"(published 1995), and "Asian Blepharoplasty and the Eyelid Crease"(2006), both by Butterworth-Heinemann. He holds a clinical faculty position at the University of California, and is in private practice in Southern California.)
