Suture Removal After Blepharoplasty
Abstract
Abstract To the Editor. —In the April 1990 issue of the Archives, Glatt et al1 reported on discomfort during suture removal after blepharoplasty. They described the removal of a running of 6-0 silk suture 4 days after blepharoplasty. I found it interesting that their patients were experiencing so much discomfort that they felt compelled to try to minimize this with proparacaine hydrochloride. When I perform blepharoplasty surgery, I use a 6-0 polypropylene (Prolene) suture and knot it...