Blepharoplasty to form the orbitopalpebral sulcus and nasal bone graft in oriental subjects (Occidentalization)

The procedures of blepharoplasty and rhinoplasty have been applied successfully, alone or in combination, to the occidentalization of Oriental patients for aesthetic reasons. The blepharoplasty, using the Sayoc-Millard technique, and the rhinoplasty, using an autogenous osteoperiosteal graft from the crest of tibia, are described in detail.Work presented at the XVI Congresso Brasileiro de Cirúrgia Plástica (Brazilian Congress of Plastic Surgery), December 2–8, 1979, Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil. Work performed at the Plastic Surgery Unit, Clínica de Cirúrgia Plástica Dr. Oswaldo de Castro, São Paulo, Brazil.