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This systematic review, which was registered a priori, improves upon previously published reviews regarding functional and aesthetic outcomes following upper blepharoplasty. Custom search strategies were applied across multiple databases, namely MEDLINE (United States National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD), Embase (Elsevier, Amsterdam, the Netherlands), Google Scholar (Alphabet, Inc., Mountain View, CA), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL; Cochrane Library, London, UK), Science Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics, Philadelphia, PA), PubMed (United States National Library of Medicine), and PsychInfo (American Psychological Association, Washington, DC). Bias was assessed with the Cochrane RoB 2 tool, and methodological quality was evaluated with GRADE. Out of 6799 articles, 12 randomized controlled trials with 450 patients (39 men, 411 women) were included. 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