“As long as I can sleep normally with my eyes closed, I’m satisfied!” For more than a year, Ms. Liu (a pseudonym) in Nanjing has suffered the pain of sleeping with her eyes open. Yesterday, in order to allow themselves to sleep with their eyes closed, Ms. Liu accepted the eyelid ectropion deformity revision surgery, the success of the operation also let Ms. Liu slept for nearly two years on the first peaceful sleep. The car accident makes sleeping with eyes closed a dream More than a year ago, more than 40-year-old Ms. Liu riding an electric bike on the way to work, unfortunately collided with a truck, although the emergency was sent to the hospital for treatment, but the face was left with serious wounds, the left side of the face from the eyebrow to the inner corner of the eye, and then through the lower eyelid to the left cheek, tore a long mouth, the whole piece of flesh was lifted. The trauma caused by the car accident to his family are chilled, the left side of the face from top to bottom of a long scar is horrible enough, the left eyelid is also turned out, red inner eyelids and eyeballs are exposed, Ms. Liu wanted to close her eyes but how can not do it. As she couldn’t sleep with her eyes open, Ms. Liu had to wear an eye mask. Because she couldn’t close her eyes for a long time, she kept shedding tears, which was very hard to bear, and the long-term exposure of her eyeballs also triggered a serious conjunctivitis. Seek treatment for scarring was informed that the eyes can be cured “We also ran through many places, basically said that the eyelid ectropion can not be cured,” in order to treat the eyelid ectropion, Ms. Liu went around to seek medical treatment, the doctor said that can not be solved. “Because of the disfigurement, I basically quit my job, and usually seldom go out, because I am nearly 50 years old, I really also dead heart, do not want to toss.” But later this year, Ms. Liu suddenly decided to undergo cosmetic surgery to eliminate facial scars. “The age at which my son found an object, the girl has proposed to meet both parents, although my son has told her about my situation, I think I should still dress up and look pretty.” In December this year, Ms. Liu came to the Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery Department of Nanjing Maternal and Child Health Hospital, when she went there purely to lighten her facial scars. Surgery Cured Eyelid Ectropion “The most important thing for you at the moment is to deal with the eyelid ectropion, not the scars on your face.” Nanjing Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Director Li Jun of the Department of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery told Ms. Liu after understanding the situation. To address Ms. Liu’s situation, Li Jun utilized flap surgery to help her repair her ectropion eyelid. Li Jun said, in taking the flap must be pinpointed accurately, get too thick, will lead to the upper eyelid local tissue loss is too much, turn to the lower eyelid will also appear to be the lower eyelid bloated; get too thin, the blood supply can not guarantee that the flap can not be viable. Under Li Jun’s careful surgery, Ms. Liu’s eyelid ectropion surgery was successfully completed, and she no longer needs to sleep with her eyes open, but also skillfully turned into a double eyelid. According to Li Jun, clinically, eyelid ectropion is not uncommon, mostly caused by accidents such as car accidents, but also eye bag surgery failure. For eyelid ectropion, Li Jun reminded, must be operated within six months, because this time the scar contracture has not yet reached the most serious point, the surgical release will be more simple, the recovery effect is also better. However, Li Jun regrets that the general lack of patient awareness of this has caused great difficulty in the later stages of surgery.