Let’s Explore the Different Types of Eye Corner Surgery and Choose the Right One!

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We usually make eye contact when talking with other people.

When we meet someone for the first time, the moment our eyes meet can even determine our first impression.

That shows just how much of an impression the eyes make on the face.

Some people may be satisfied with the shape of their eyes,

while others may feel there is room for improvement and want to make changes in various ways.

Even a slight change in one element, such as the size of the eyes, the direction of the eye corners, or the overall eye shape, can greatly change the overall impression of the face, so you may want to consider various corner eye surgeries such as epicanthoplasty and canthoplasty.

Today, we’ll look at the different types of eye corner surgery that can create a brighter, more refreshed impression through changes in eye shape.

Because every person’s eyes have a different shape, the impression can change in various ways depending on which part of the eyes undergoes corner surgery. That is why there are so many different types of eye corner surgery.

AINIQ Plastic Surgery specializes in eye surgery and, while helping each patient choose a personalized method, performs four representative corner surgeries that can produce the greatest effect.

The corner surgeries that create changes at the inner corners of the eyes include the Mini Epicanthoplasty, available only at AINIQ, and the Epicanthoplasty and Upper Epicanthoplasty, which promise dramatic changes to widen the inner corners of the eyes. Mini Epicanthoplasty, Upper Epicanthoplasty, and Epicanthoplasty can create a clearer, more refreshed eye shape for cases where the distance between the eyes appears wide or the inner corners are covered by the epicanthal fold, making the eyes look cramped.

The corner surgeries that create changes at the outer corners of the eyes include AINIQ’s Safe Canthoplasty, which minimizes the possibility of side effects by building on its accumulated know-how in eye surgery, and the Lower Canthoplasty, which creates a softer impression. Canthoplasty and Lower Canthoplasty can greatly change the impression by altering the angle of the outer corners of the eyes.

By accurately identifying your own eye shape and analyzing the eye shape you want, you can undergo the most appropriate corner surgery. You may also consider combining it with other procedures such as ptosis correction or double eyelid surgery to achieve the change you want.

The surgery available only at AINIQ Plastic Surgery, Mini Epicanthoplasty, which can be performed without side effects.

If traditional epicanthoplasty requires an unnecessarily wide dissection area, creating the possibility of excessive exposure of the lacrimal caruncle as a side effect, Mini Epicanthoplasty dissects only the area where the epicanthal fold is located, so the amount of opening is small and side effects are almost nonexistent.

Also, because the amount of dissection is small, scarring is minimal, allowing for very natural changes before and after surgery.

Mini Epicanthoplasty opens the inner corner of the eye slightly while changing only the angle, so it can make the eyes look more refreshed while also changing the angle to alter the overall impression.

If your eye shape looks cramped and you want it to look brighter and more open, you can choose Epicanthoplasty and Upper Epicanthoplasty.

If the inner corners of the eyes are blocked by the epicanthal fold and look round, making the space between the eyebrows appear wide, and you want to change to a clearer, more elongated eye shape, you can undergo eye corner surgery according to the direction of the epicanthal fold through epicanthoplasty and upper epicanthoplasty.

If the epicanthal fold is slanted upward, Upper Epicanthoplasty can smooth and brighten the front part of the double eyelid line, and in the case of Epicanthoplasty, the inner corner of the eye is refined to create a larger, more open eye shape.

Canthoplasty opens up the outer corners of the eyes, making the eyes look clearly more refreshed and changing the impression, but excessive resection can cause side effects.

The most common side effect of canthoplasty is mucosal exposure, where the red conjunctiva located at the back of the eye becomes exposed, or ectropion, where the eyelid turns outward. These are not only aesthetically undesirable but can also lead to issues related to hygiene and health, such as bloodshot eyes, eye stinging, and conjunctivitis.

AINIQ places the highest importance on helping patients achieve healthy beauty through safe surgery. AINIQ’s "Safe Canthoplasty" separates the skin and mucosa, then removes only as much mucosa as needed and less skin than mucosa, completely preventing external exposure of the mucosa.

If you want natural yet satisfying results, please undergo canthoplasty at AINIQ Plastic Surgery, a specialist in eye surgery.

Among the various types of eye corner surgery currently performed at AINIQ, the Lower Canthoplasty is recommended for those whose outer eye corners are highly upturned and want to change their impression.

Lower Canthoplasty opens the back through canthoplasty, and fixes the outer eye corner to the outer bone, the lateral canthus, creating an ideal eye angle of 5 to 10 degrees.

By adjusting the outer corner angle through Lower Canthoplasty, you can obtain a new impression with a softer, longer, and more open eye shape.

Today, we looked at the four types of eye corner surgery currently performed at AINIQ one by one.

AINIQ Plastic Surgery is a clinic specializing in eye surgery, so you can undergo a wide range of eye corner surgeries, including epicanthoplasty, canthoplasty, upper canthoplasty, and lower canthoplasty.

AINIQ has accumulated and utilizes the experience and know-how from performing more than 5,000 eye surgeries and revision surgeries to minimize side effects while creating satisfying results. It also continues to prove its expertise by consistently publishing textbooks and papers and serving as the operating surgeon for Let Me In Thailand Seasons 1 through 3.

The Mini Epicanthoplasty, for which AINIQ has completed a trademark application with the Korean Intellectual Property Office, is available only at AINIQ. If you want safe canthoplasty without side effects such as conjunctival exposure and without the need for revision surgery, please also choose AINIQ.

So, up to now, as if you had been beautiful from the very beginning, this has been AINIQ.

Thank you.