{"id":39508,"date":"2021-03-12T17:28:24","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T16:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.yuveo.eu\/lexikon\/snap-test-before-lower-eyelid-lift\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T09:51:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T07:51:21","slug":"snap-test-before-lower-eyelid-lift","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/lexikon\/snap-test-before-lower-eyelid-lift\/","title":{"rendered":"Snap test before lower eyelid lift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/op\/head\/eyelid-correction\/lower-eyelid-lift\/\">lower eyelid lift<\/a>, we can check the <strong>lower eyelid tension<\/strong> with the so-called snapping test.<\/p>\n<p>This involves pulling the lower eyelid with the thumb and index finger and then suddenly releasing it. If you hear a loud <strong>snapping sound<\/strong>, you can assume that the lower eyelid is tight. <\/p>\n<p>If this sound is completely absent, there is a risk of a <strong>drooping lower eyelid<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/lexikon\/ectropion\/\">(ectropion<\/a>) if the lower eyelid is corrected too radically.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to take the existing eyelid skin tension into account during the procedure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before the lower eyelid lift, we can check the lower eyelid tension with the so-called snapping test. This involves pulling the lower eyelid with the thumb and index finger and then suddenly releasing it. If you hear a loud snapping sound, you can assume that the lower eyelid is tight. If this sound is completely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","encyclopedia-tag":[47,53,55],"class_list":["post-39508","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry","encyclopedia-tag-auge","encyclopedia-tag-unterlid","encyclopedia-tag-unterlidstraffung"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/39508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"encyclopedia-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia-tag?post=39508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}