Correcting Scar Complications with Revision Canthoplasty

Whether it is a simple canthoplasty or a canthoplasty that lowers the outer corner of the eye, where can deformities or scars that occur after canthoplasty be corrected well?

They can be corrected well at Lari Plastic Surgery!!

Just like double eyelid surgery or epicanthoplasty, scars, conjunctival eversion, or deformation of the outer corner of the eye can occur after canthoplasty. If these symptoms last for more than a year, they will not improve on their own, so revision canthoplasty or surgical correction for restoration is necessary.

There are several kinds of scars that can occur after canthoplasty. These include cases where the gray line, the normal tissue below the eye, is cut during a simple canthoplasty, leaving a red scar; cases where the outer corner is cut away, creating a sunken appearance; and cases where the inner conjunctiva turns outward. In fact, these scars can often be removed more easily than expected and the eye can be restored to its preoperative outer corner through canthoplasty restoration or reconstruction. However, the eye may become smaller than before the canthoplasty, or the outer corner may rise, which can be a concern.

Then, if a scar complication has occurred but the outer corner has lowered and the eye has become larger, which is good, is it possible to remove only the scar without making the eye smaller?

Lari Plastic Surgery revision canthoplasty

Scar removal is possible without making the eye smaller or lifting the outer corner!

When there is deformation of the outer corner, restoration is possible so that the eye looks as if it has never had canthoplasty, but the downside is that the outer corner may rise or the eye may become smaller. However, most people who undergo canthoplasty do so because they want larger eyes, so they do not want their eyes to become smaller. In such cases, a revision canthoplasty design is needed that can correct the deformed outer corner and remove the scar while maintaining eye size, so this is not an easy revision case.

To remove the scar without making the eye smaller, it is necessary to delicately dissect and separate each tissue piece by piece, returning the outer corner to its state before canthoplasty. If tissue that should be on the lower eyelid is attached to the upper eyelid, the surgery becomes difficult from that point on, so delicate tissue separation is important. Only by concentrating fully and dissecting little by little can revision canthoplasty based on successful restoration be performed.

After such delicate revision canthoplasty, care is also important. Since the eye corner has undergone surgery multiple times, you should avoid stressing the outer corner to minimize the chance of deformity occurring again. Please do not forget that preventing pressure on the outer corner is important, and make sure to follow it!

How to care for the outer corner after revision canthoplasty - Please be careful for about 3 months!

The key is to avoid applying strong external force to the outer corner!

1. Do not rub the outer corner of the eye hard.

2. Do not smile too broadly in a way that creates eye-smiling wrinkles.

3. Do not squint too hard.