Pearls and Pitfalls in Cosmetic Oculoplastic Surgery

Part I. Preoperative evaluation.- 1. Preoperative evaluation of the cosmetic patient.- 2. Evaluation of the Difficult Cosmetic Patient.- 3. Preoperative patient counseling for cosmetic blepharoplasty.- Part II. Anesthesia.- 4. Guide to Local Anesthetic Medications.- 5. Motor nerve blocks in oculofacial surgery.-6. Regional nerve blocks in oculofacial surgery.- 7. Procedural Sedation in oculofacial surgery.- 8. Pre-operative preparation and Anesthesia.- 9. Maximizing patient comfort for blepharoplasty with straight local anesthesia.- 10. How to minimize discomfort to the patient when injecting the lids.- 11. Achieving patient comfort in blepharoplasty surgery.- 12. Enhancing patient comfort with local anesthetic.- 13. 'Digital Diffusion' Technique for the Administration of Local Anesthetic.- 14. Oculofacial Anesthesia.- 15. Anesthesia for in-office oculoplastic surgery.- Part III: Upper Lid Blepharoplasty.- Section One: Preoperative evaluation.- 16. Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty: The Evaluation.- 17. Preoperative examination checklist for upper blepharoplasty.- 18. Preoperative measurements in upper blepharoplasty.- 19. Patient evaluation for upper blepharoplasty.- 20. Preoperative Evaluation and documentation in upper blepharoplasty.- Section Two: Incision planning.- 21. Marking strategies for upper blepharoplasty.- 22. Orbit size and lid marking in upper blepharoplasty.- 23. Incisional guidelines when marking the skin in Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty.- 24. Marking the Proposed Upper Eyelid Crease: Determining the Safe Amount of Skin Removal:The Pinch Technique.- 25. Keys to success when Marking the skin in Upper Blepharoplasty.- 26. Skin marking adjustments in upper lid blepharoplasty.- 27. Preventing web formation during skin marking in upper blepharoplasty.- 28. Skin marking in upper blepharoplasty-avoiding pitfalls.- Section Three: Upper blepharoplasty procedurepearls.- 29. Upper blepharoplasty: Pearls for the Procedure.- .30. Fat excision in upper blepharoplasty.- 31. Mobilizing and Excising the Nasal Fat Pad in upper blepharoplasty.- 32. Tissue removal considerations in Blepharoplasty surgery.- 33. Less hematomas in upper blepharoplasty.- 34. Ellman vs. CO2: which Is better?.- 35. Fat preservation and other tips for Upper blepharoplasty.- Section four: Adjunctive procedures in upper blepharoplasty.- 36. Internal brow lift with corrugator removal.- 37. Trans-blepharoplasty incision browpexy.- 38. Addressing the brow during upper blepharoplasty.- 39. The ROOF in upper blepharoplasty.- 40. Excision of ROOF Fat during upper blepharoplasty.- 41. Transblepharoplasty incision lower lid canthopexy.- 42. Lower lid canthopexy through Upper lid incision.- Section five: Wound closure and post-op care.- 43. Avoiding Dog Ears during Upper Blepharoplasty Closure.- 44. Crease formation in upper blepharoplasty.- 45. Use of Tissue adhesive for blepharoplasty incision closure.- 46. Postoperative care following upper blepharoplasty.- 47. Avoiding or minimizing Postoperative Swelling.- Section six: Special Topics.- 48. Management of post-blepharoplasty dry eye.- 49. Asian Blepharoplasty.- PART IV: Lower Lid Blepharoplasty.- Section One: Preoperative considerations.- 50. Lower Eyelid Blepharoplasty: The Evaluation.- 51. Lower Eyelid Blepharoplasty evaluation-avoid the cookie cutter approach.- 52. The skin in lower lid blepharoplasty-general principles.- Section Two: Procedure pearls.- 53. The treatment of festoons in lower blepharoplasty.- 54. Achieving symmetry in lower blepharoplasty fat removal.- 55. Lower Eyelid Blepharoplasty: Procedure Pearls and Pitfalls.- 56. Incising the septum over the nasal, central, and lateral fat pads in lower blepharoplasty.- 57. Hemostasis in Lower blepharoplasty.- 58. Prolapsing the inferior fat pads