Patients often ask whether the scar from incisional ptosis correction is going to be very visible.
There is no such thing as a scarless surgery.
But there are ways to keep the scar inconspicuous.
The goal is to make it read as a faint skin line.
Top: one week post-op. Middle: one month. Bottom: six months.
Early on it can look slightly indented; at one month it can look slightly raised; by six months it has mostly settled flat.
One week and four months post-op on another patient.
If you look closely there is a mark, but I work to keep it as inconspicuous as possible.
I want it to read as a line rather than a scar.
The procedure typically takes under an hour. The scar stays minimal because we preserve the orbicularis oculi as much as possible — that preservation is, in my view, the core of the technique.
The red arrow marks the orbicularis oculi. Preserving this muscle is essential.