Synonym(s)
Eye Bags; Hanging lids; Lachrymal sacs
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Blepharochalasis refers to blepharochalasis syndrome on the one hand, but also to drooping eyelids of other origins, drooping or drooping eyelids in the upper eyelid and bags under the eyes in the lower eyelid area. In older people, localized, secondary cutis laxa in the eyelid area. Occurs in young people as a partial symptom of Ascher syndrome.
ManifestationThis section has been translated automatically.
>50 years
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LocalizationThis section has been translated automatically.
Especially the lower eyelids.
ClinicThis section has been translated automatically.
Mostly inflammatory and oedematous preliminary stage with chronic swelling and redness of the eyelid. Finally transition to atrophy with persistent wrinkling and vascular transparency.
TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.
Surgical removal of the excess skin.
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