Blepharoplasty Scissors, Ribbon Fingers, Curved

What ribbon fingers scissors are

Ribbon fingers scissors are the build in which the loops are pressed flat and broad rather than bent from round wire, and the pair on this page carries our curved blepharoplasty blades. Nothing at the cutting end differs. The reason to order this build sits entirely in how it meets your hand.

A conventional finger ring is a round section loop. It works, and nobody thinks about it during a twenty minute case. During a four hour list of lid surgery people think about it a great deal, because a round loop concentrates all the load from the hand onto two narrow strips of skin inside the fingers.

Adas Instruments makes this version for surgeons who operate in long sessions, and the pair photographed here is the plain steel build, with no gold on the rings.

What the flat loops on ribbon fingers scissors change

Pressure is force divided by area, and that is the entire mechanism.

Widen the loop from a wire section to a flat ribbon and the same closing force is spread over several times the contact area. The peak pressure on the finger drops accordingly. Over a single case that is a small comfort. Over a list it decides whether the fingers can still feel anything subtle by late afternoon, or have gone dead in two narrow bands.

There is a control consequence as well, and it is the part surgeons notice first. Fine work is done with small forces, and small forces are only controllable if the hand can feel them. A round ring that is digging in floods that feedback with its own discomfort. A ribbon handle gives a broader, quieter contact, so the small signals come through.

The third effect is rotation. A flat loop resists twisting inside the finger in a way a round one does not, so the blade plane stays where the surgeon set it rather than drifting as the hand relaxes and tightens.

None of this matters much for occasional use. Ribbon fingers scissors get bought by people who have already noticed the problem.

Who should order ribbon fingers scissors

The blades on ribbon fingers scissors are unchanged

Worth saying plainly, because the name implies more difference than exists: the cutting end here is the same fine curved eyelid geometry as our standard pattern.

Ribbon fingers scissors therefore cut the same skin, trim the same orbicularis and open the same planes. If a surgeon has learned the feel of the curved pattern, nothing about the working end needs relearning. The adjustment, such as it is, takes about one case and concerns only how the hand sits in the loops.

That also means the choice between this and the round ring version is purely an ergonomic one, and it can be made by holding both rather than by reading anything.

Technical specification

Care and sterilisation

Ribbon fingers scissors bring one maintenance point the round ring version does not have.

A wide flat loop has more surface sitting against the inside of a tray, and it has two edges. Those edges are where a poorly finished instrument shows itself, because a ribbon that was stamped and not properly deburred will feel sharp against a finger through a glove after an hour. Run a fingertip round both loops when the pair arrives; that is a two second check that tells you what you bought.

Otherwise the routine belongs to the blades, as always with fine eyelid instruments. Tips this slender bend under very little, and a bent pair chews instead of cutting. Close them slowly against a light and look for daylight at the end before every list. Store in a micro tray with tip protection rather than loose among heavier things.

Rinse cold straight off the field, ultrasonic clean, autoclave with the joint open, dry fully, and a single drop of oil on the screw each week.

Made by Adas Instruments

The loops on our ribbon fingers scissors are formed and finished here, and deburred by hand, because it is the part that decides whether the ergonomic argument above is real or just a shape.

We make the round ring patterns as well, so there is no reason for us to push anyone towards this one. If long lists are leaving your fingers numb, take an evaluation pair of ribbon fingers scissors alongside your current instrument and run a full session with each. That is the only comparison that means anything, since handle preference does not transfer between hands. Supplied branded or plain for distributors, and marked to a customer reference on request.

Frequently asked questions

What are ribbon fingers scissors?

Eyelid scissors whose finger loops are flattened into broad straps rather than round wire. On this pair the blades are our curved blepharoplasty geometry, so the handle is the only thing that differs.

What is the advantage of ribbon fingers scissors?

Lower pressure on the finger, because the same closing force is spread over a much larger contact area. Over a long list that preserves fine sensation in the fingers, and it keeps the hand’s feedback clear, which matters because delicate work is done with small forces that have to be felt.

Do ribbon fingers scissors cut differently?

No. The working end matches the standard curved pattern, so nobody familiar with it has anything to relearn at the blades. The only thing to get used to is how the fingers sit in the loops, and that takes about one case.

Should I buy these or the round ring pattern?

If eyelid surgery is occasional, buy the round ring curved pattern, which is the general purpose instrument. Ribbon fingers scissors are for surgeons running long or back to back lists, anyone with existing hand or joint discomfort, and trainees who grip harder than they need to.

Are ribbon fingers scissors carbide?

The pair photographed on this page is the plain steel build, which is why the rings are not gold. Gold rings are the trade marker for a brazed carbide insert, and their absence here is the honest signal that this one is steel.

Related instruments and categories

This build sits in the blepharoplasty instruments listing, and also in plastic surgery scissors.

The same blades on conventional round rings are the curved blepharoplasty scissors. If the edge rather than the handle is the constraint, the Kaye blepharoplasty scissors are carbide only. Where tissue wants separating instead of dividing, the rounded ends of the Ragnell pattern are the safer thing to hold beside a globe.