[Rari Plastic Surgery] Correction of Senile Ectropion Caused by Aging

People experience aging, and not only does digestion become poor,

but skin elasticity decreases and muscles also loosen.

So even if a wound occurs, recovery is slower, and the degree of recovery can also differ.

For the above reasons, when the elasticity of the skin and muscles around the eyes decreases and causes ectropion,

this is called senile ectropion.

For the same reasons, many people need lower eyelid surgery because the skin sags and fat sags and protrudes, making the area look puffy,

but senile ectropion caused by aging is not that common.

Of course, it is not nonexistent, and theoretically it can certainly occur.

However, what you should pay close attention to here is this part.

Ectropion in middle-aged and older patients who have had lower eyelid surgery!

Among younger people, even if they undergo under-eye surgery or lower eyelid surgery,

because the elasticity of the muscles and skin is good and their recovery ability is excellent,

ectropion does not often occur,

but older people may develop ectropion after lower eyelid surgery or under-eye surgery.

On day 6 after lower eyelid surgery, a slight sign of ectropion appears to be visible in the left eye.

In fact, even if younger people have a slight symptom like this in the early stage after surgery,

they usually recover and gradually improve while healing,

but

for older people, recovery is slower,

and compared with younger people, the elasticity of the skin and muscles is lower,

so as time passes, ectropion can worsen like this.

[Triangular white eye + skin deficiency + conjunctival exposure]

To correct this ectropion,

the skin from the upper eyelid (double-eyelid) area, which is most similar to the lower eyelid skin,

is removed in the needed shape and size,

and then transplanted to the ectropion-affected lower eyelid area for correction.

If the transplanted skin does not necrose or develop contracture in the wound,

as the transplanted skin heals and settles in place, the ectropion is well corrected.

Senile ectropion can occur as a natural degenerative change,

but it also often occurs due to other external factors based on aging.

Aging that comes with getting older is something no one can stop ㅠㅠ

But if discomfort develops, do not just think, “It happens when you get old,” and leave it as is;

it is better to correct and improve the parts that can be improved.