What you should know about epicanthoplasty and lateral canthoplasty
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Epicanthoplasty and Lateral Canthoplasty are the kinds of plastic surgeries that are designed to correct and reshape the corners of the eye where your upper and lower eyelids meet. This surgery is commonly applied to make small eyes bigger. Most people suffer from having small eyes because small eyes can impact the person's overall impression by making look him or her tired and inexpressive. Therefore, epicanthoplasty and lateral canthohplasty surgeries are used for correction. Before going into the details of how these two operations are performed, let us go though some terms you might find useful prior to undergoing the aforementioned surgeries. Firstly, let us discuss the term canthus. What is it? By canthus, it is referred to the corners of the where upper and lower eyelids meet. The canthus can also be categorized into two: the corner of the eye which is closer to the nose is called medial canthus, while the outer corner is known as the lateral canthus. So next time when yo