Lateral canthoplasty is a procedure that changes the outer corner of the eye to make the eyes appear larger or to lower the outer corner. In most cases, after #lateral canthoplasty the eyes may look larger, but for sleepy-looking eyes without a double eyelid or with weak eyelid-opening strength, #lateral canthoplasty alone often does not make the eyes look bigger.

In such cases, it should be done together with double eyelid surgery or #eye correction so they create synergy and make the eyes appear larger. This is because eyes without a double eyelid, or eyes with weak eyelid-opening strength, do not look bigger no matter how much canthal surgery is performed.

Double eyelid surgery or #eye correction is a basic procedure for making the eyes larger, but sometimes there are people who want only epicanthoplasty or #lateral canthoplasty without double eyelid surgery or #eye correction. In the end, however, most of them return later to receive double eyelid surgery or #eye correction after canthal surgery.

Then what is #eye correction?

Compared with double eyelid surgery, which creates a double eyelid, #eye correction is a surgery that simply pulls or strengthens the pure muscles that open the eyes. Of course, if double eyelid surgery alone creates a double eyelid, that can also be called eye correction in a broad sense, but in the exact sense, #eye correction surgery means pulling the muscles so the eyes open wider, and a similar term is #ptosis surgery.

Eye correction = ptosis surgery

Both are surgeries that strengthen weakened muscles so the eyes can open wider!

The reason double eyelid surgery and #lateral canthoplasty, or #eye correction and #lateral canthoplasty surgery, are often performed at the same time is that many Koreans do not have double eyelids and have upturned outer eye corners, which makes their eyes look small. Doing these surgeries together provides synergy, making the effect more noticeable, and it is also financially and time-wise more advantageous than having the procedures separately.

Dual lateral canthoplasty + eye correction or double eyelid surgery

Dual surgery has a synergistic effect!

Recently, the term dual has been used a lot in breast surgery and eye surgery, and it is used when two procedures are performed together or when two effects are achieved at once. Since lateral canthoplasty can clearly produce a greater effect when performed together with eye correction or double eyelid surgery, I strongly recommend that those who feel their eyes are small be sure to consult about it!