Why Is Laser Lid Surgery Better than Skin Incisions?
The real revolutionary advance in the lower lid blepharoplasty is the fact that there is no skin incision, and the crow’s feet wrinkles can be reduced dramatically. The older skin incision technique has a much higher risk of changing the shape and contour of the eyelid because it requires removal of skin and muscle, with re-draping of the remaining skin and muscle. This sometimes causes the white of the eye to be exposed above the retracted lower lid, and also the outer angle of the eyes to be rounded. There is also a higher incidence of ectropion (rolled out lower eyelid) when the incisional technique is chosen instead of laser.
