Involutional Lower Eyelid Entropion: Results of a Combined Approach

Abstract

Horizontal eyelid laxity is common in involutional entropion. Tightening of the lower eyelid in the lateral canthus, added to reinsertion of the lower eyelid retractors, significantly lowers the incidence of surgical overcorrection, but has no effect on the recurrence rate. A disadvantage of eyelid tightening in the lateral canthus is that it may lead to mostly transient eyelid tenderness.