Last year nearly 225,000 men and women had facelifts. Another 180,000 underwent cosmetic eyelid surgery. It sounds crazy, but doctors who use the glue say surgery goes faster and more smoothly.
Grownups use glue for mending or making decorations for their home.
She and Nancy Dedic, another patient, would do anything to avoid stitches. Both women are patients of Dr. Dean Toriumi, one of a handful of plastic surgeons in the country who uses a medical glue called Dermabond. The super-strong adhesive can be used with or without sutures to close incisions. Doctor Toriumi is an associate professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago where they conducted clinical trials of Dermabond for the Food and Drug Administration. Now he uses it routinely.