Epicanthic fold

As epicanthus medialis (Greek ἐπί epi "on ", "above"; κανθός Kanthos " corner of the eye "; Latin medialis " towards the center "), even epicanthic fold, double eyelid crease or Mongolian fold is an often genetic sickle-shaped fold of skin at the inner edge angle of the eye denotes that the eye slit or can appear almond- shaped, this is due to the fact that many people with a medial epicanthus additionally upwards have chamfered the outside (lateral - cranial ascending ) palpebral fissures.

The epicanthus medialis is characteristic of many members of the East Asian and Indochinese peoples from Siberia to Thailand. For example, many Mongols, Han Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, Vietnamese and Thais epicanthic folds, but also members of Siberian and Central Asian peoples, such as the Tungus, the Tuvan, Selkups, Yakuts, Altai, Kirghiz and Kazakhs, as well as numerous indigenous peoples of southern Africa, the Americas and Europe. Also, in many parts of Finland, epicanthus medialis is to determine among the population.

The special fold of skin at the corners of her eyes often occurs in people with Down syndrome ( trisomy 21), the Cri -du -chat syndrome, Zellweger syndrome, trisomy 9, Noonan syndrome ( Turner -like syndrome), the de Grouchy syndrome, the C syndrome, blepharophimosis - ptosis - epicanthus inversus - syndrome ( BPES ), the Potter syndrome ( renofaziale dysplasia), the fetal alcohol syndrome and Smith - Lemli -Opitz syndrome.

Perception

For Europeans seems the eye narrowed in Asians as a whole and therefore the expressions gook and almond eye arose. Partly to get about the false prejudice, the viewing zone of Asians was less than that of Europeans.

Japanese take, for example, true is another difference; the Mongolian fold in the inner corner of the eye plays here is not so important: Here, a distinction is due to the mostly nonexistent in Asians, in contrast to European-born people fold in the eyelid between eyes with " a Oberlidfalte " (Jap.一 重睑, hitoe mabuta ) and eyes with " double Oberlidfalte " (二 重睑, futae mabuta ). Eyes with only one Oberlidfalte are typical for East Asian eye shapes, while European eyes always have almost double Oberlidfalten.

Since not all Asian people "double" have such a Oberlidfalte, there are special cosmetic glue, eye putti called in Japan that produce a double eyelid crease, which applies there as a beauty ideal. The so-called double eyelid ( with fold ) produced a larger optical eye; the owner acts " friendly " and " awake " and in women it allows a better make-up - for example, in eye shadow. These include the reasons for the frequent desire of Asians for a higher or even an existing crease and is often realized by an aesthetic eye surgery in Asia.

Pseudostrabismus

A Epikanthus deceives the cosmetic appearance of her often esotropia before, particularly in young children up to the second to third year of life, in which an epicanthus is the rule. The impression of a squint is compounded when horizontal eye movements. Normally, this impression disappears with formation of the muzzle.