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D.J. Verret, MD answers: How can canthoplasty result be corrected?

A canthoplasty procedure was performed during my lower lid blepharoplasty and it has never felt or looked right. The blepharoplaty incision was made below the lashline, in a fold, and then curved sharply upward and joined to the canthoplasty incision.

That area now looks distorted and, oddly, the skin from my outer brow is pulling to the eye's corner in a visible line.

One surgeon has suggested laser to tighten, but I don't see how this can correct the poor tissue arrangement. Are there other ways to best correct this?


D.J. Verret, MD
3 months ago

Sorry to hear you had a poor outcome from your surgery. I would suggest seeking out an oculoplastic surgeon. These surgeons are specially trained ophthalmologists who only perform eyelid reconstruction and cosmetic surgery.

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