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My left eye is lower and rounded with a blunted cathus. Would canthoplasty fix this? (photos)

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newnose2018Jan 8, 2019

My left eye is lower and rounded with a blunted cathus following a lower bleph a year ago. Dr wants to do a canthoplasty to fix it. Is this the right direction for me to resolve it?

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