How should the corners of the eyes be opened?

If you want your eyes to become bigger and brighter, of course you have to use some methods to solve this problem, because some people are born with short eyes, and canthoplasty surgery can achieve this effect, but the methods of surgery are different, so you have to choose the right one.

1. Introduction to the method of opening the inner canthus

Epicanthoplasty is a surgery to open the inner canthus of the eye. It is one of the main corrective surgeries for epicanthus and microphthalmia syndrome. The inner canthus is enlarged by establishing a new inner canthus point, treating the inner canthus fold and excess skin of the upper eyelid, shaping the inner canthus angle and lower eyelid, etc.

Its surgical methods mainly include Z-plasty, Speath method, YV-plasty and so on.

2. Z-plasty and canthal enlargement

Z-plasty is a special flap transplantation technique that uses surgical techniques to peel off the skin at the medial canthus to form two triangular flaps. The looseness of the skin tissue is used to exchange the positions of the two triangular flaps, so that the medial canthus point is shifted inward. After suturing and fixing the skin, the effect of removing the epicanthus and enlarging the medial canthus is achieved.

Suitable for people: those with mild to moderate epicanthus, wide inner canthus distance requiring enlargement, or those who have difficulty in forming a reversed blepharoplasty and must enlarge the inner canthus angle.

3. Speath method of inner canthus enlargement

The Speath method of inner canthus enlargement is to cut and separate the skin at the site of the eye flap to form four triangular flaps. The looseness of the skin tissue is then used to cross and interchange the positions of the triangular flaps in pairs, so that the inner canthus point shifts inward. After suturing and fixing, the effect of enlarging the canthus is achieved.

Suitable for people: Suitable for those with more serious epicanthus, who need to remove the epicanthus and widen the canthus.

4. YV canthoplasty

The YV method of epicanthoplasty is to make a Y-shaped incision in the skin at the corner of the eye, then push a V-shaped flap to the front end of the Y-shaped flap, and then make a V-shaped suture to shift the inner canthus point inward, so as to achieve the effect of removing the epicanthus and widening the canthus.

Suitable for: Those who have short palpebral fissure and wish to lengthen it. In addition, this method can be used to widen the canthus and correct the epicanthus caused by congenital small palpebral fissure, orbital hypertelorism, congenital epicanthus, acquired trauma, or burns and scalds.