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Cyanoacrylate (solidified superglue) on eyelashes: the lids could not be opened, nor could the glue be removed with forceps, giving the initial impression of a tarsorrhaphy
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On examination the eyelashes were glued together throughout their length with no gross visibility of the lid margins or the ocular structures [Figure 1].
No skin or mucous membrane adhesions were found between the lids after trimming the eyelashes, proving that tarsorrhaphy was false (pseudo-tarsorrhaphy)
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This resulted in spontaneous opening of the lids with no adhesions of the lid margin or mucous membrane [Figure 2].