[Eye Plastic Surgery] Pseudoptosis: How to Avoid Unnecessary Eyelid Correction

A wise choice that suits your eyes,

Do you know about “pseudoptosis”?

Among those who visit a plastic surgery clinic,

many come in suspecting ptosis symptoms

because their eyes look sleepy or heavy.

A 22-year-old female patient also visited our clinic

after being diagnosed with ptosis at another hospital

and being recommended buried-suture surgery and non-incisional eyelid correction.

After carefully examining the patient’s eyes,

it appeared at first glance that the eyelids were drooping

like ptosis, but in fact

there was no problem with the strength of the muscle that opens the eyes.

This was judged to be “pseudoptosis,” in which

the eyelid skin sags and covers the pupils.

Pseudoptosis may look similar to true ptosis

on the surface, but because the underlying cause is different,

the approach must also be different.

Ptosis is a condition in which

the eyelid droops downward because the function of the muscle that opens the eyes (the levator palpebrae superioris) has weakened,

and the key is to strengthen this muscle

through eyelid correction surgery.

On the other hand, pseudoptosis is

mainly caused by sagging skin,

so creating a refreshed,

clearer eye shape may be possible with double eyelid surgery alone

by appropriately removing the excess skin.

In this patient’s case,

there was also a mild presence of scleral show symptoms

(a condition where the white of the eye is visible above, below,

or to the sides of the iris),

so we determined that satisfactory results could be achieved

even with double eyelid surgery alone to remove the sagging skin.

If unnecessary eyelid correction surgery is performed,

it may cause side effects such as the eyes becoming excessively large

or looking unnatural like a “surprised rabbit,”

and of course, there would also be additional cost.

Therefore, if you are considering eye plastic surgery,

don’t simply assume it is ptosis;

it is important to receive an accurate diagnosis of your eye condition

through a thorough consultation with an experienced specialist.

Please remember that carefully analyzing each person’s eye structure and features

and choosing only the surgeries that are truly necessary

is the wisest way to achieve safe and natural results.

An accurate diagnosis that fits your eyes is the first step toward successful eye plastic surgery.

Plastic Surgery Specialist

Ahn Byung-joon

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Graduated from Kyung Hee University College of Medicine

Board-certified Plastic Surgeon at Kyung Hee Medical Center

Full member of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons Full member of the Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Full member of the Korean Association of Plastic Surgeons Full member of the Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association Full member of the Korean Medical Association Full member of the Asia Pacific Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Full member of the Seoul Gangnam-gu Medical Association

Former Chief of the Department of Plastic Surgery at Daerim Saint Mary’s Hospital Former Chief of the Department of Plastic Surgery at Myeongji Saint Mary’s Hospital

Former Ethics Committee Member of the Korean Association of Plastic Surgeons Chairperson of Public Relations, Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Thesis / Scholarship

Papers and Academic Activities

2011 European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ESOPRS)

2012 The 11th Japan-Korea Congress of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

(The 11th Japan-Korea Congress of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery)

2013 Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (PRSK)

2014 Eyelid correction SCIE (APS) paper published

2014 American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS)

2016 sunken SCIE (jcd) paper published

2016 Textbook of the Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery co-authored

2016 American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), Las Vegas

2016 British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS), London

2017 American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), San Diego

2018 Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (PRSK)

2018 Oriental Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (OSAPS), Bali, Indonesia

2018 Plastic Surgery The Meeting (PSTM), Chicago

2019 Korean Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (KAPS)

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