Lateral Canthoplasty Reconstruction
The eyes are regarded as the area where cosmetic surgery is performed most often.
Accordingly, surgery here greatly changes one's impression, and a variety of surgical methods exist.
Among them, lateral canthoplasty is chosen, when the eyes are short or the outer corners slant upward, to lengthen the eyes and
soften the look of the outer corners.
However, unless it is a very special case, I do not recommend outer corner lowering or lateral canthoplasty.
This is because these surgeries lead to stinging eyes, excessive tearing, exposure of the red mucosa with redness, and
side effects such as the outer corner gaping open in a "C" shape.
When such side effects occur, lateral canthoplasty reconstruction (outer corner reconstruction) is performed to tidy the outer corner.
The left shows the original eyes before surgery.
This patient had lateral canthoplasty 1 year ago to achieve a more open look.
However, 1 year after the lateral canthoplasty, the outer corners were red and bloodshot, the mucosa was exposed, and
in the right eye, where the opening was extensive, the outer corner had deformed into a "C" shape.
Red tissue is exposed at the outer corner, and the corner gapes open, showing a "C"-shaped deformity.
The conjunctiva (the white of the eye) is red and bloodshot over a wide area.
The left eye also had lateral canthoplasty, but it was not opened as much; red tissue exposure and redness are present,
but they are not severe.
On the left, the outer corner can be seen gaping wide open in a "C" shape.
On the right as well, redness and gaping of the outer corner are present.
