Cat eye surgery is the popular name for canthoplasty or canthopexy, operations that tighten or reposition the outer corner of the eye. It is the kind of procedure that arrives through social media faster than through any published price table, and there is no national average for it. The nearest published references are the American Society of Plastic Surgeons eyelid surgery averages, $3,359 for an upper blepharoplasty and $3,876 for a lower, both surgeon fees excluding anesthesia and facility.
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Two operations with similar names
A canthopexy tightens the existing corner without detaching it. A canthoplasty detaches and repositions it, and is the larger operation. Surgeons use the words precisely and marketing often does not, so a written quote should say which one is proposed. The distinction changes theatre time and therefore the anesthesia and facility lines as well as the surgeon fee.
Why it is frequently combined
Canthal surgery is commonly performed alongside lower eyelid surgery, because both work at the same anatomy and share an approach. Where that is the plan, the operation is quoted as one procedure rather than as two, and the lower blepharoplasty average of $3,876 is the nearest published anchor for the eyelid half. As always, a combined operation is quoted below the two separately.
What the absence of a published figure means
It means practice quotes are the only real evidence, and that comparing them requires the scope to be written down. This record does not estimate a figure where none is published, on this operation or any other. What it can point out is that a procedure with no published benchmark is one where getting two or three written quotes is worth more than usual.
Questions people ask about cat eye surgery
What does cat eye surgery cost?
No national average is published for canthoplasty or canthopexy. The nearest published figures are the ASPS eyelid averages, $3,359 upper and $3,876 lower, as surgeon fees.
What is the difference between canthopexy and canthoplasty?
A canthopexy tightens the corner; a canthoplasty detaches and repositions it and is the larger operation. Ask which is proposed in writing.
Is it done with eyelid surgery?
Frequently, and then it is quoted as one operation rather than two.
Why is there no published price?
ASPS publishes averages for a defined list of procedures and this is not one of them. We record that absence rather than estimating.