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Lateral Hooding of the Brow Revisited: Reverse Brow Lifting Versus the ROOF Lift

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We read with great interest the article titled “Anatomical Study and Clinical Observation of Retro-orbicularis Oculi Fat (ROOF)” by Xian Wang and Haiping Wang. Our aim with this comment is to contribute to a more precise nomenclature of any correction of lateral hooding of the brow. We believe both a ROOF lift and reverse browpexy or transblepharoplasty browpexy are not just two different techniques for the same purpose, they are also techniques based on two different concepts. As treatments should be cause-based, each of these procedures could be performed independently, or in combination, depending on the specific anatomical requirements for an optimal result.

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  1. Universitary Hospital of Alicante, Alicante, Spain

    A. Sanchez Balado

  2. Velthuis Kliniek, K.P. van der Mandelelaan 10, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    H. P. Stevens

  3. MFIV Holystate, Churchillsingel 472, 3137 XB, Vlaardingen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    H. P. Stevens

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Balado, A.S., Stevens, H.P. Lateral Hooding of the Brow Revisited: Reverse Brow Lifting Versus the ROOF Lift. Aesth Plast Surg 44, 630–632 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-020-01631-3

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