An analysis of senile changes in the palpebral fissure

This work was carried out to determine the changes in conformity and in physiological movements of the eyelids with advancing age. Some conceptions fostered in the literature are false and should be discarded. Others have been corroborated. We conclude that the whole lateral canthus becomes lax and drifts medially with age. Therefore, surgical correction should aim at restoring the fixation of the lateral canthus to its youthful position.