NZb6Air
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As you know I keep saying lower scleral show is most of the time of bony origin (upper maxillary deficiency) which seems to be an unpopular opinion.
This is how you test it¹:
Test 1 :
With your thumb and index pull the lower lid away from the eye (to the side) and then release it to see how quickly it snaps back. If the lid doesn't snap back quickly or moves too far from the eye then it's too lose.
Test 2 :
Now with your index gently pull it down , if it's slow on release it then there's laxity of the canthal tendons.
If your lid returned quickly both times then you should never got soft tissue work (blepharoplasty, eyelid retraction (
), etc.)
¹Tenzel RR . Complications of blepharoplasty: orbital hematoma, ectropion and scleral show . Clin Plast Surg 1981 ; 8 ( 4 ): 797 - 802
This is how you test it¹:
Test 1 :
With your thumb and index pull the lower lid away from the eye (to the side) and then release it to see how quickly it snaps back. If the lid doesn't snap back quickly or moves too far from the eye then it's too lose.
Test 2 :
Now with your index gently pull it down , if it's slow on release it then there's laxity of the canthal tendons.
If your lid returned quickly both times then you should never got soft tissue work (blepharoplasty, eyelid retraction (
), etc.)¹Tenzel RR . Complications of blepharoplasty: orbital hematoma, ectropion and scleral show . Clin Plast Surg 1981 ; 8 ( 4 ): 797 - 802
