SUMMARY
Implantation of a gold weight in the pretarsal space was performed on 3 patients with paralytic lagophthalmos. This old technique (Smellie, 1965) has been showing revived interest through some changes, introduced by Seiff (1989), that induced a limited levator recession.
Our 3 patients submitted to this surgical treatment showed clinical improvement. All of them has been followed up from 4 to 8 months. More cases will be nescessary to reach definite conclusions regarding late prognosis.