Can a canthopexy give me the look of when someone is squinting?
April 13, 2019
Asked By:ozz1 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Can someone in layman's terms explain elective canthopexy? Will it lift the lower eyelids and make the lower eye line more straight across and alluring?
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October 9, 2021
Answer: Canthopexy, canthoplasty, eyelid retraction surgery
Broadly speaking, restrictive strabismus (eye motility problems due to scar tether) can occur with eyelid surgery. Without seeing your photos, it's hard to tell whether you have pseudo-strabismus (the appearance of eye motility/alignment problems usually due to the eyelid...
Every surgery requires expertise and scarring or notches after stye removal can occur -- no procedure is ever without risks or unfortunate outcomes. In my practice removing styes is cosmetic surgery and patients seek me out to prevent the kind of result you now have -- i've seen this kind of...
Thank you for your question!You are still very fresh from surgery and although you've provided photos, you won't be able to see the result a this moment in time as you still have swelling from the procedure. If revision surgery is required, your surgeon would typically wait 6 months+ before y...
