What is the difference between epicanthoplasty restoration, partial restoration and full restoration? : ZUM News

‘Canthoplasty surgery’ is often considered by those who have a stuffy look due to raised eye corners and short eye width. This is a surgery that opens the corner of the eye to extend the width of the eye and make the eye look cooler. If the surgery is successful, you can be reborn as a more attractive person. However, there are cases where unexpected side effects occur and the patient suffers even more.

If epicanthoplasty surgery is performed excessively with the goal of blindly increasing the horizontal length of the eye without considering the characteristics of each eye, such as the range and angle that can be twisted during surgery, various side effects may occur. The most common symptom is ectropion, in which the lateral canthal ligament is destroyed, the shape of the tip of the eye is transformed into a ‘ㄷ’ shape, and the eyelid is turned over. In this case, natural healing is not possible, so a cleft lip restoration process is necessary.

What are the precautions for epicanthoplasty restoration surgery when choosing a method?
Epicanthoplasty restoration surgery, which improves the side effects of epicanthoplasty, is a surgical method that closes the widened eye corners and closes the inverted mucous membrane so that it is not visible, thereby returning the eye corners to a close to normal anatomical structure. It is a highly difficult and complicated eye reoperation with many factors to consider, such as the location and area of ​​the scar, the degree of exposure of the conjunctiva, the extent of missing eyelashes, and the height of both eye corners. Epicanthoplasty restoration surgery is divided into full restoration and partial restoration depending on the scope and area of ​​restoration. You must be aware of the differences between the two before proceeding to avoid having to undergo revision surgery to restore epicanthoplasty.

First, full restoration is a restoration method recommended when the scar created after epicanthoplasty surgery is wide and the extent of the gap is large, causing great functional discomfort. It is a process that reconnects each layer of broken tissue at the corner of the eye and restores the shape and form of the corner of the eye. Although it is the most fundamental method, many people choose partial restoration because it can make their eyes smaller. The partial restoration process refers to a process of rebuilding some of the tissues at the corner of the eye, where the damage to the corner of the eye is less than in cases requiring full restoration, but side effects of cleft lip appear. Although the eyes become smaller, they inevitably leave relatively scars, which may lead to reconstruction later.

Performing a full restoration does not necessarily mean that the eye will become smaller, and depending on the skill and experience of the medical staff, sufficient restoration is possible without significantly reducing the size of the eye.

However, what is more important than eye size is that the surgery is performed accurately enough to avoid the need for reconstruction. The decision on whether to do full or partial restoration must be made after accurately recognizing the severity of the side effects of epicanthoplasty, the degree of eye corner opening, the degree of realistic improvement, and the final appearance desired. Based on this, the scope of epicanthoplasty restoration must be appropriately set through careful diagnosis and consultation with medical staff with extensive restoration experience to achieve maximum improvement. Instead of making decisions based on others, please check with yourself.

Written by = Hidoc Medical Reporter Dr. Chae (plastic surgery specialist)

Cha Ji-hoon, Hidoc Health and Medicine Reporter [email protected] (Expert representative email)

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