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Health-Related Quality-of-Life Outcomes for Upper Blepharoplasty and Blepharoptosis Surgery: A Report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

M Reza Vagefi, Vinay K Aakalu, Jill A Foster … Edward J Wladis
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Five studies found no subjective worsening in dry eye symptoms after upper eyelid surgery.

Health-Related Quality-of-Life Outcomes for Upper Blepharoplasty and Blepharoptosis Surgery: A Report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

M Reza Vagefi … Edward J Wladis
Ophthalmology · 2025
Purpose

To review the literature and identify the health-related quality-of-life (health-related quality-of-life) outcomes that used a validated instrument in the assessment of upper blepharoplasty, blepharoptosis surgery, or combination surgery.

Methods

A panel methodologist then assigned a level of evidence rating for each study that met the inclusion criteria.

n = 20 studies
Results
5
patients did not report worse dry eye symptoms after upper eyelid surgery
n = 20 studies
More results

Three studies were rated level I, 8 studies were rated level II, and 9 studies were rated level III.

The surgeries performed in the studies included upper blepharoplasty, blepharoptosis correction, or both.

Some studies also included the addition of brow ptosis repair.

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Conclusion · 1 of 3

Most health-related quality-of-life studies examining the effects of upper blepharoplasty, blepharoptosis correction, or both on dry eye symptoms found no significant worsening of subjective metrics.

Conclusion · 2 of 3

Other studies demonstrated that surgery could provide improved health-related quality-of-life outcomes that persist for several years.

Conclusion · 3 of 3

FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE(S): Proprietary or commercial disclosure may be found in the Footnotes and Disclosures at the end of this article.

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