customized infraorbital inplants vs canthoplasty

[Deleted member 73697]

they both seem to do similar things but what are the differnces in what they do and work, why would someone get canthoplasty over infra implants and vice versa

 

[Asspear]

They're quite different. One is adjusting your soft tissues, and the other is adding mass and changing structure. If your infraorbitals are weak (i.e. negative orbital vector, wide rims, etc.), a canthoplasty would be an imperfect fix. When using a cantho alone, you are generally only going to change the shape of the soft tissues around the eye without addressing the underlying cause - the deficient structure.

Depending on the circumstances a cantho alone might be enough to get what you want. Other times, implants alone will result in the desired effect. And sometimes a combination of both will yield the best results. It really depends on what exactly you're trying to change.