OBJECTIVE To evaluate the application of eyebrow-lateral keyhole approach in clipping of anterior communicating artery aneurysm (ACAA) through observing the therapeutic effect of eyebrow-lateral keyhole approach on ACAA. METHODS In 37 patients with ACAA, cisterns were exposed via the eyebrow-lateral keyhole approach to reveal ACAA complex followed by clipping of ACAA. Of the 37 patients, exte...

BACKGROUND Alopecia areata of the eyebrows can be difficult to treat. Intralesional triamcinolone or potent topical steroids are considered the mainstay of medical therapy. This case illustrates the results of an experimental hair transplant to the eyebrows following years of modest response to intralesional triamcinolone. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to ascertain the benefits of a hai...

For decades, Caenorhabditis elegans roundworms have been used to study the sense of touch, and this work has been facilitated by a simple behavioral assay for touch sensation. To perform this classical assay, an experimenter uses an eyebrow hair to gently touch a moving worm and observes whether or not the worm reverses direction. We used two experimental approaches to determine the manner and ...

OBJECTIVE To compare a recently developed immunoprecipitation assay (IPA) to the mouse protection bioassay (MPB), currently considered the "gold standard", for detecting antibodies against botulinum toxin A (BTX-A) and to correlate these assay results with clinical responses to BTX-A injections. METHODS MPB and IPA assays were performed on serum samples from 83 patients (38 non-responders, 45...

OBJECTIVE We previously reported that near infrared (NIR) irradiation weakens frontalis muscle contraction resulting in brow ptosis. In addition, NIR irradiation non-thermally long-lasting thinning of the panniculus carnosus muscle in rats. We sought to determine whether NIR irradiation affects contraction of the corrugator supercilii muscle (CSM). METHODS Three to 5 rounds of NIR irradiation...

Senderey E, Patel S. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-222235 Description A 64-year-old woman with no dermatological history presents with a rash over her left eyebrow for the past 3 months with associated itching. The patient also states she has a bruise on her scalp from an accidental injury 1 year previously that continues to be sore. She was previously seen by her primary care physici...

BACKGROUND Double eyelidplasty can construct palpebral folds and enhance beauty perception for Asians with single eyelids. A new palpebral parameter for the quantitative interpretation of surgical outcomes is proposed on the basis of a photometric study of the altered proportions of Asian eyes after double eyelid operation. METHODS A total of 100 Asian adults with single upper eyelids who wer...

When making rapid judgments about the truth of a claim, related nonprobative information leads people to believe the claim-an effect called "truthiness" (Newman, Garry, Bernstein, Kantner, & Lindsay, 2012). For instance, within a matter of seconds, subjects judge the claim "The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows," to be true more often when it appears with a photograph of the Mona Lisa viewed at a dista...

We report the case of a patient presenting with a 3-cm diameter ulcerated nodular basal cell carcinoma in the frontal left region, reaching the medial half of the eyebrow. The lesion was excised, and the reconstruction was realized with advancement fl aps in H; the left region included the rest of the eyebrow, and it was larger than the contralateral region. Thus, the harmony and symmetry of th...