On July 8, 2018, at the 13th Academic Symposium of the Eyelid Surgery Study Group (a KSPRS subcommittee), I gave a talk titled "Safe Approach of Incisional Ptosis Surgery." Incisional ptosis correction always carries some risk. Without enough experience, the surgeon can produce significant asymmetry, and any injury to the levator during dissection can cause damage that is difficult to undo. The talk was aimed at younger plastic surgeons just beginning this type of work.
This patient came in 14 days after her ptosis correction elsewhere. When the levator is injured during dissection, the fold often does not form, the eye fails to open properly, and adhesions develop above the incision.
This patient also came to me about a month after her surgery elsewhere. In the pre-op photo, you can see something catching on the way up: the eye does not open cleanly and the lid has that sausage-fullness look. Safe dissection is critical.
The cover slide from the lecture.
The schedule. My talk was right before lunch.
Packed room. About 700 board-certified plastic surgeons attending.
Every attendee here is a board-certified plastic surgeon. This is what continued education looks like inside Korean plastic surgery. Not a single general practitioner or non-specialty cosmetic doctor in the room.
The post-talk meeting, where we share data and field questions from each other.
The photographer caught a good one.
As secretary, I had to deliver some announcements. The mic was about karaoke quality, so I almost broke into song.
The Avengers running the Eyelid Surgery committee.
People I genuinely enjoy working with.