Lateral Canthoplasty
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Lateral Canthoplasty

  • Outer Corner Extension to make your eyes look bigger
    This is a surgery where outer corner is removed to lengthen the width of eyes.
    Incision is made along the outer corner mucous depression and hence can increase width of eyes without leaving scars.
  • Lateral canthoplasty is a surgery effectively used for patients who
    were not fit for inner corner fold removal due to short gap between eyes and
    also for patients who want to widen their eyes in conjunction with inner corner fold removal.
  • It involves incision of external corner fold angle on the outer most part of eyes
    and width of eyes can be widened according to condition of eyes.
  • This surgery involves incision along mucous membrane and scars are not
    visible even right after the removal of suture.
  • This is eye plastic surgery where widths of eyes are increased by incision of outer corner angle on the outer most part of eyes.
    The incision is made along mucous part on the outer part of eyes and you can enjoy bigger and more beautiful eyes without worrying about surgical scars.
    This surgery is effectively used for patients who were not fit for inner corner fold removal due to short gap between eyes and also for patients who want to widen their eyes in conjunction with inner corner fold removal and various other patients.
    Different individuals can have different strength of pulling on the outer corner(angle) of eyes and hence can result differently from lateral incisions. It is strongly advised that decisions are made after careful consultation with specialists.

Lateral Canthoplasty

Widths of eyes are increased by incision of outer corner angle on the outer part of eyes and usually the incision is 2~3mm.
These numbers may look small compared to lengths of eyes but are effective enough to make your eyes look bigger.
With slanted eyes or lowered eyes, these surgeries have the advantage of shifting the outer angles of eyes slightly through lateral incisions.
This surgery involves incision along mucous membrane and scars are not visible even right after the removal of suture.
Lateral incision is usually done with Epicanthoplasty and most effective when performed in conjunction with double eyelid surgery.