Asian Eyelid Surgery
The latest ‘in thing’ in Asia now revolves around the eyes. Known as Asian Eyelid Surgery, it musters avid followers from the Chinese population. The reason is because the current beauty trend is to have a longer, narrower face and a longer nose with wide sets of eyes as opposed to the Mongolian facial structure which is broad and flat with small eyes. Hence, an added eyelid crease gives a more alert and more awake look while providing a narrowing effect on the face. Apart from that, women patients who undergo double eyelid surgery enjoy greater ease of applying eyeliner. However, the biggest benefit is when it comes to job market. Those who got an eyelid surgery found more job offerings coming their way while some found job performance increased due to their new wide eyed looks. Both men and women can treat themselves to this Asian Eyelid Surgery for as low as $500.
Unfortunately, not all Asian Eyelid Surgery gave the desired outcome. It is feared that these eyelid surgeries were creating more westernized looks and hence erasing Asian ethnic features. Most plastic surgeons from the United States are taught to perform eyelid surgery based on Caucasians’ measurements. When Asians seek double eyelid surgery, these surgeons often get the impression that they want to emulate Western looks. Hence, it goes wrong on Asian faces, with the eyelid creases placed too high. Whereas, in Chinese hospitals the surgeons are in sync with the desires of patients and so work to amplify the beauty of the eyes by giving the correct widening effect. But based on past mistakes, Western surgeons have now learnt to work based on Asian measurements for that natural look instead of a westernized look. Patients can achieve the desired looks by placing tape or paper clip to show exactly how high they want the crease on their eyelid.
The key to a perfect Asian Eyelid Surgery lies in the subtle methods used in order to preserve the ethnicity of the naturally beautiful Asian eyelid. Generally, surgeons apply suture technique. This is a procedure where small incisions are made and tightly seamed together inside the lid along the planned new crease line. The double eyelid unfolds when the skin near the sutures is tucked and crimped to create the crease. The advantages of this technique are it takes very minor surgery only, involves minimal costs, and can be executed within a short period of time. However, the disadvantages are short-lived results because the crease fades away after some time when the seams become loose or snap. When this happens, the created eyelids look less natural and more Western as the created crease line appears stationary when the eyes shut or blink. The Western look also happens because the fold created by the suture technique does not fall along the eye contour with close precision. Other setbacks are it also causes some scarring and limits future eyelid surgeries.
Thus, it is no surprise that most surgeons prefer the full incision technique as it is known to be more effective and long-lasting than any other methods. That is also the most suitable method for Asian eyes.
The third most commonly used technique is a technique that combines both the suture and incision techniques. It is known as the Double Stranded Twist (DST) technique. A series of small incisions are made to remove fat, while at the same time the eyelid is lifted through the use of sutures. This technique leads to longer-lasting results than the suture technique and patients purportedly do not experience loosening of the seams and loss of crease. This method also promises no scarring.
The best method for Asian Eyelid Surgery is based on full incision technique, as mentioned above. Small parts of tissues and fats are eliminated via a small incision which takes the shape of a curve along the newly created crease line. This impacts the height and shape of double eyelid creation. Thereafter, the two parts of eyelids where incisions were made are seamed together for good. This method provides durable results while ensuring zilch seams snapping since the seams do not create the crease anyway. Result of this full incision technique is natural-looking eyelids that do not look too obvious because the stationary crease will be non existent. Instead, when the eyes shut or blink, the crease blends in and gives that very much wanted doe-eyed look with the Asian touch.