You can absolutely have an improvement in the width of your eye opening with surgery. The width of your eye opening (eye fissure) will improve with a surgery that reshapes the fold of skin closer to your nose (epicanthal folds); this surgery is called an epicanthoplasty. There are many... more
Possible to get wider or bigger eyes?
I was born without double eyelids, but they naturally developed as I was growing up. However the size of my double eyelids constantly change (bigger/smaller).
My eyes are small and round, but the pink part near my tear ducts are not visible. I learned that there is a type of Asian eye surgery that can make this visible. Will this surgery help?
Can my eyes get any bigger or wider?
Thank you in advance for all your help!
2 answers to “Possible to get wider or bigger eyes?”
A: Epicanthoplasty for Asian Eyelids
the answer is yes and no. Yes, with an epicanthoplasty, you can have improved shape of the epicanthal fold so that the eye is wider toward the middle near the nose. No, because, it is hard to make a radical change. it would be on the order of probably about 1 mm at most in terms of physical... more
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