Her eyes are bright and her face is lovely — the one drawback was that the crease was sitting heavily,
with a sausage-lid feel.
So she wanted the crease brought down.
Patients with prominent globes tend to look heavy-lidded even when the crease is only modestly high.
One week post-op. Even after suture removal, the lid still reads as heavy, right?
That's residual swelling.
Three months post-op.
The crease sits noticeably lower than pre-op and continues to look more natural over time. The sausage-lid feel is fading.
We performed the scar-preserving high fold correction, commonly known as the "two-line" technique (두줄따기).
See the related post below.
Scar-Preserving High Fold Correction: Revising Heavy Sausage-Lid Folds
Three-month follow-up after a scar-preserving high fold correction. Some redness lingers, which fades with time.
One point worth emphasizing — the scars never fully disappear.
They do soften considerably over time.