Double Eyelid, Possible Enlargement, and Defined Lower Eyelids Question?
Attached is a photo of my eyes and then a photo of the ideal eyes I want.
Not only do I want double eyelids, I really like the defined lower eyelids that this actor
has.
What are the possibilities that I can come close to having eyes like that person?
And what procedures am I looking at?
Thank you for your question.
You have submitted some photos of what you feel are ideal eyes and one close up photo
of your own eyes.
And you're asking you want to have double eyelid surgery and you wanted to have a well
defined lower eyelid like the photo of the famous actor you submitted.
Well, being a practicing cosmetic oculofacial plastic surgeon for 20 years in Manhattan
and Long Island, we have had plenty of people who come to us with lots and lots of pictures
of people from magazines and all kind of things where they have an idealized version and many
times they have a certain general resemblance with the a celebrity they want to look more
like.
But I would say to you that it is really not possible to look that close to someone else
because just their eye appearance is not just a function of some tissues or let's say the
skin, the muscle, the fat but also the bone structure.
So very important thing to understand is when you are looking to get an improved appearance,
think about it more in a context of what looks like with you or for you and is a little bit
more realistic.
And I think that try to look someone else is just a real setup for disappointment.
Now that being said, I would say that for your own overall desire look where I look
at your photo alone without the celebrity photo associated, I think you can be a good
candidate for a double eyelid procedure as you're doing your research and also something
to also mention is that when you think of your lower eyelid is being defined, you'll
be surprised to see when people have their upper eyelids done.
The whole eye area kind of opens up and when it open up so nicely, it's almost you did
the upper/lower eyelids.
In a lot of people and when people actually see them, they won't even know they have their
eyelids done.
Their face just looks brighter.
This is a common impact when you create a double fold the eyes just look more open,
the person just looks more awake and you know there this entire subtle conscious signal
that happens when the eyelids are very full.
So people are interpreted as being the angry or tired.
So the double eyelid fold is a very popular procedure and when you do your research you'll
see that there is a choice between doing an incisional procedure or a non-incisional procedure.
In my practice, I basically look at making that choice based on a couple of things.
First if there is extra skin.
If there is extra , there is no question that incisional procedure will be necessary.
If there is extra fat or there is fat that is getting in the way of well defined crease,
then an incisional procedure is necessary.
Now a lot of our patients do come to us.
Very often, thin males relatively young actually not have that fat and that extra skin and
when I Just roll up their skin just a little bit with the Q-Tip, I can see that it would
be probably be fine with just an infolder of the skin with no removal of the skin.
In those patients, we do a non-incisional procedure.
Now technically, a non-incisional procedure is still surgery but what we are doing instead
of making an incision and removing skin.
What we are doing we are making openings like a needle openings in various points in the
upper eyelid and then we are passing a stitch in a way that engages the skin and then underline
muscle so that when the eyes are open the skin folds in.
It's a very gratified procedure and it works very well in selected patients.
Now, is it possible to come apart the eyelid crease not developed even if it looks good?
And it is possible but at least understanding what your options are is very important before
you make a decision about which way to go.
So I think at this point, you should start consulting some cosmetic surgeons and meet
with people who have a lot of experience with Asian eyelid surgery and learn a little bit
about your options.
I think for your face and your character, something I believe very strongly everybody
has a unique character to their face and we don't want try to look like somebody else
but look the best we can for ourselves.
I think that you will do well with doing as little as needed to give you the most benefit.
Just you know, that's my personal style.
Be conservative and I think that getting the double eyelid procedure probably will open
up your eyes very nicely and that based of course about your concern desire and commitment
already deciding to do the eyelid surgery just a matter of choosing which type of procedure
and who should do it for you.
So again I think you have to not hopefully think about this the context of reality of
facial bone structure of celebrities and people you want to look like and be sure that when
you do this procedure there is a zone of range of things that results to be satisfactory.
So I wish you the best of luck, I hope that was helpful and thank you for your question.