Non-Incisional Eye Correction Surgery, and Lateral Canthoplasty

If people keep telling you, “You look tired” or “You look sleepy,” setting aside how unpleasant that feels, it may be worth checking whether there is a problem with your eyes. Looking sleepy like this is often due to a lack of strength in opening the eyes. Even if it is not pathological ptosis, it is a symptom that appears in people who were born with, or later developed, insufficient strength in the muscles that open the eyes.

The surgery that corrects these sleepy-looking eyes is called eye correction surgery, and it strengthens the weak muscles that open the eyes to make them look more defined. Just like double-eyelid surgery, eye correction surgery also has incision and non-incision methods, and today let’s talk about non-incisional eye correction surgery.

Unlike the incision method, non-incisional eye correction surgery does not involve cutting the outer skin. Instead, it works by indirectly pulling on the muscle from the inside of the eye after turning it over. This type of surgery is more effective when ptosis is not severe, when the eyelid skin or fat is not thick, and when double eyelids are already present.

Just as front corner eye surgery is sometimes done together with double-eyelid surgery, lateral canthoplasty may also be performed alongside non-incisional eye correction surgery to create larger-looking eyes. Non-incisional eye correction surgery can increase the vertical size of the eyes, and lateral canthoplasty can lengthen the horizontal width of the eyes by adjusting the position of the outer corners. It is a suitable surgical approach for this purpose.

Non-incisional eye correction + lateral canthoplasty

Increase both the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the eyes at the same time

In general, doing two or more procedures together rather than just one definitely creates a synergistic effect in terms of results. Non-incisional eye correction surgery and lateral canthoplasty also work together to make the eyes look clearer and bigger. When people want their eyes to look bigger, they usually want to increase not only the vertical height but also the horizontal length, so if these two procedures are combined well, the effect of having much bigger-looking eyes can be clearly felt.

Whether it is non-incisional eye correction or lateral canthoplasty, both procedures effectively improve the appearance of the eyes, which is why more people have recently been choosing to have the two procedures done together. Whether to combine the two procedures should always be decided only after a direct consultation and examination with an experienced board-certified plastic surgeon, so that the best possible outcome can be achieved.