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Eyelid Reconstruction

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Related Vocabulary<br />

Distichiasis – aberrant eyelashes from<br />

metaplastic meibomian glands<br />

Epiblepharon – normal eyelashes pushed<br />

toward the eye by redundant folds of skin<br />

Epicanthal folds – vertical folds of skin over<br />

the medial canthus<br />

CORRECTION OF PTOSIS<br />

• Ptosis is defined as an abnormal drooping of<br />

the eyelid<br />

• The normal level of the eyelid is that position<br />

where it covers 1 - 2 mm of the upper limbus<br />

of the cornea<br />

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