(FIGURE 1) (top) Immediate postoperative image from sutureless blepharoplasty patient, aged 67 years. (bottom) Ten-day postoperative images from sutureless blepharoplasty patients, aged 72 years and 63 years, respectively.
(Images courtesy of John T. LiVecchi, MD, FACS, FSEE)
(FIGURE 2) Photos of a 56-year- old patient postoperative day
1 (left) and postoperative day 10 (right) with significant gape after glue removed. Incision was revised with sutures with final good cosmetic results. This was an example of using too much glue.
(FIGURE 3) photos of a 74-year-old patient with a toxic allergic reaction to the tissue adhesive. about 1% to 2%
of the population will be allergic to medical grade tissue adhesives.
(FIGURE 4) Photos of a 71-year-old patient with a mini-gape that was revised using tissue adhesive again. photo on left is 10 days postoperative and photo on right is postoperative
3 months.