Asian male blepharoplasty subtle crease instead of regular double eyelid crease?
Getting comments looking tired at work.
I get tired of having to raise my eyebrows to look alert and focused.
I know a few men who have gotten their eyes done.
However, though they are 'lower' than what I imagine, Asian women surgery is, I still
think the crease is odd looking.
The picture I posted has eyes I consider to be more attractive as a male.
What was done on him that gave him sharp eyes with subtle creases?
In summary, I am wondering if it's possible to get this kind of blepharoplasty, where
the crease is extremely subtle.
Thank you for your question!
You stated in your question, you submitted your own photo as well as a photo of an image
of someone whose crease you feel are nice, that you’re tired of raising your eye brows
to be able to look like you’re more alert and have some opinions about the look of both
male and female Asian eyelid surgery.
With a single photo you submitted of yourself and looking at the photo of the more ideal
crease which you believe is right, we have to establish a couple of things: one first
an understanding your eyelid position.
You see, with the single photo you submitted, the fold over your eyelid can be something
that is essentially just a skin fold or the eyelid itself can be a little bit low and
that eyelid being low is referred to as ptosis.
It doesn’t really mean that you have to have the ptosis corrected.
Ptosis means drooping that is usually associated with a muscle called the levator muscle that
has been developed, or I should say, congenitally, something you were born with was low.
And so, if someone has ptosis and you just do eyelid surgery alone or you develop a crease,
they’re not going to be happy because their eyes are still low.
And therefore, we have to ascertain whether or not you have ptosis.
There’s also something called pseudo ptosis which means the fold of skin hanging over
makes the eyes look like their drooping.
So this requires a physical exam.
We roll the skin in and see whether or not you have true ptosis or pseudo ptosis.
Now as far as the control of the eyelid crease is concerned, since you want something very
subtle, then the eyelid crease can be customized to the level of length that the crease can
be defined.
And you can have something subtle.
If you look at this picture that you submitted of the desirable eyelid crease, essentially
it’s only in the outer aspect of the eyelid that you see a crease.
And when you get towards the inner aspect, you see no crease.
So I would question whether or not this is as ideal as you believe it is because if you
feel you need to raise your eyebrows to see better and look more alert, you many need
to see more of your eyelid crease to get that result and you may just want to play with
that a little bit just look in the mirror, take pictures or have someone take pictures
of you with your eyebrows raised and look how much of your eyelid is revealed.
It’s very important that you have a vision in your mind of what you want.
It is nice to have models to look at and say this is somebody I like or who I want to look
like I should say and then see with your doctor, how close to that it can be achieved.
You have to be realistic.
Everyone’s anatomy is unique.
Your eyes may be a little bit more deep set.
There may be a difference in the skin quality.
There are many dynamics you can’t always be as exact as trying to mimic someone else’s
appearance.
But I think you should meet with experienced qualified cosmetic surgeons who do a lot of
Asian eyelid surgery.
I would anticipate if there is no true muscular ptosis that you would probably be able to
have a non-incisional upper eyelid surgery to define the crease but probably at a lower
point at a more subtle way so that the outer aspects are more defined.
And that might be the way to go, but again, look at how you look with your eyebrows raised.
I think you’ll see more of your eyelid crease and you may be better off with a more defined
crease but you can certainly figure that out and see whether it’s realistic to achieve
what you are looking to achieve.
Communication is critically important that you and the doctor really understand each
other and nobody feels misunderstood.
A lot of times patients comes to us, a cosmetic oculofacial plastic surgeon, as a specialist
who does revision surgery, very often I find that it isn’t about the doctor doing not
the ideal procedure but rather miscommunication and a difference between the vision of the
patient and the vision of the doctor.
When we do our surgeries, we actually routinely, draw with the patient in the exam room before
going into surgery and they will know exactly what I’m planning to do so we’re clear
about the whole strategy and what the expectations will be.
Helps alleviate a lot of stress about the unknown.
So with the being said, I hope that was helpful, I wish you the best of luck and thank you
for your question!