Can A Midface Lift Create A Cat Eye Look?

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am a 29 year old female and I am interested in a midface lift in hopes of achieving a cat eye look. I love how my hair looks when pulled back into a tight high pony tail. It gives me Asian eyes and lifts my cheeks.
I notice celebrities are having this look, people refer as the PILLOW… I read they have a lot of fillers and botox but i want something that will last longer.
I once had a temple lift with Endotine and done by endoscopic. I loved the results. It gave me exactly what I wanted…slanted eyes and my cheeks raised. But unfortunately it lasted no more than a month. My skin, just went back to it’s pre-surgery state.

So will a midface lift help achieve this for me? I see other questions you answered involving lateral canthoplasty, would that help as well? Which is preferred? Thank you so much for your time Dr. Eppley!

A: What you have learned from your midface lifting experience is that simply pulling on the skin up and back, like a tight ponytail, is not going to create a sustained result. It simply is not that easy. Such endoscopic temporal lifts alone  always fail because skin pulling/shifting alone is not the answer for raising the corner of the eye and keeping the cheek tissue lifted. A direct approach to the corner of the eye (lateral canthopexy vs canthoplasty) is needed in conjunction with a high placed cheek implant and and an excisional temporal lift. Like a strair step approach, lifting and support needs to be added at three levels to get a better and more sustained result.

Dr. Barry Eppley

Indianapolis, Indiana