Can I get a tapered crease with an Asian eyelid surgery and epicanthoplasty?

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I had a consultation with a few doctors and decided on epicanthoplasty (to make makeup easier and to elongate the eyes) and upper blepharoplasty. Now that I really think about what I want my eyes to look like, I want them to look more natural and I'm wondering whether I can do a natural-looking tapered crease doing epicanthoplasty as well. Is this procedure usually just used for creating a parallel crease, or can I get both procedures done and still have tapered creases?

Charles S. Lee, MD, FACS · Answer

Medial epicanthoplasty is usually performed in conjunction with upper eyelid surgery. When done in isolation, there is no impact on the crease itself. Photos would tremendously help understand your point.

Chase Lay, MD · Answer

When you look at many of my tapered or open tapered creases in my Asian eyelid surgery cases almost NONE of these patients have had a medial epicanthoplasty.  Unless your epicanthal fold is just to strong and stiff creating an open tapered crease with the anchoring technique Asian eyelid surgery will open up the inner corner and have it still look natural.  Also, you can always modify it later if you want to but once a medial epicanthoplasty has been performed you can't reverse it.Best of luck,Chase Lay MDAsian eyelid surgery specialist

Can I get a tapered crease with an Asian eyelid surgery and epicanthoplasty?

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