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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Dr. Robert Flowers, now retired from practice in Honolulu, was famous for his cat eye results. He accomplished this with a repositioning of the lateral canthal tendon, elevating its position to a higher point on the lateral orbital rim. I suggest discussing this with a board certified p...
Canthopexy is a lessor procedure that uses a suture to reinforce the lateral canthal tendon. Canthoplasty is a reconstruction of the tendon that cuts the tendon from its bone insertion, shortens the tendon and reattaches it to the orbital rim. Canthopexy is often done as an additional step to...
