By 1972 when Jones et al. reported their procedure (Am J Ophthalmol 1972), more than 80 surgical procedures were already described for entropion repair, most notably:
- 1938: horizontal tightening of the orbicularis muscle with stabilization of the lower lid retractors (Wheeler J, Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 1938)
- 1954: tightening the lower lid retractors to improve vertical lid laxity (Wies, J International College of Surgeons 1954)
- 1963: directly tightening the lower lid retractors to improve vertical lid laxity (Jones et al., Am J Ophthalmol 1963)
- 1969: vertical shortening and horizontal shortening to create a wedge excision (Tenzel, Arch Ophthalmol 1969)