If you don’t want to spend over 10 minutes gluing and sticking in front of the mirror everyday, the only answer is to get a double eyelid surgery. Actually, among the different cosmetic surgeries, the double eyelid procedure gives the highest return on investment. It is only necessary to spend around 20K to 30K NTD to find a professional cosmetic surgeon, and give your eyes a whole new radiant look.

But now comes the problem, spending money may not be a big deal, the bigger problem is the recovery period and the uncertainty after surgery. How many people are hesitant to have surgery performed because they are afraid of the swollenness after surgery and unsatisfactory results? Plus the constant reports by the media about double eyelid surgery cases with “especially“ bad results, cause a lot of consumers to think that getting double eyelid surgery is equivalent to “Ultraman” or having “uneven eyes.” Especially when the special cases they choose are performed by well known cosmetic surgeons, resulting in many women thinking more thoroughly about performing this surgery then choosing a boyfriend!

Of course, it is still better to be careful since it is a surgical procedure. Traditional double eyelid surgery, regardless of age or appearance, a 2 cm incision is always made on the eyelid, the surgeon will then re-enter the incision and separate and destroy orbicularis oculi muscles and fat tissues, until finding the muscle that lifts the eyelid or even deeper to the upper eyelid bone and then secure it through stitching. Maybe you do not understand the medical terms described, but just through listening, you can imagine how“huge”and “painful” the surgery is.

If the incision method of traditional surgery is so “thorough,” then the results should be great right? Unfortunately, most post surgery complications arise from this surgery method, which is not so difficult to explain: first, if tissue is excessively destroyed, the chances of swollenness, exudation and bleeding post surgery also increases, which means you will experience a longer period of “swollenness” after surgery. Second, all damaged tissue will leave a scar after recovery, even if the scars under the wound are not seen, I am sure no surgeon can guarantee that means that the tissue will “behave.” If accidents like the scar under the eyelid sticks together, it may result in uneven eyes or even a sagging face. Third, since the incision is not small, if the surgeon does not measure accurately or the eyelid skin removed is uneven, your eyes will be permanently uneven, which sometimes cannot be fixed.

Since double eyelid surgery seems so frightening, “stitching” should be safer right? Generally speaking that is correct, because with this method you can only see stitches and not a surgical incision. The method is for the surgeon to use extra fine thread to stitch “in-out-in” of your eyelids to secure the eyelid skin to the meibomian to create the shape of the double eyelid. The advantage of this procedure is that it is fast and easy to perform; it can even be performed by eye doctors or general doctors. In addition because it does not have a horizontal incision, swollenness will subside more quickly after surgery. But the most important thing is that if the patient does not like the results, as soon as the thread is removed, the eyelid will return to its former appearance. But as they say, nothing is perfect, with the stitching method, sometimes the thin thread that secures the eyelid will “fall” due to time or outer impact, you must return to the surgeon to get a new stitch for each fallen one, so it seems quite troublesome as well.

Trying to find a better solution, cosmetic surgeons from around the world have been studying and researching to improve this surgery. What I would like to recommend to everyone is the “Korean micro incision method.” This double eyelid surgery method uses very tiny incisions, and causes minimal damage. First the surgeon will carefully measure the area where the fold will be on the eyelid, then he will make tiny 3 mm incisions on the inner, middle, and outer eyelid, and with the aid of a micro-surgical tool, proceeds to separate the muscle and soft tissues through the tiny incisions, lastly the muscle that lifts the eyelid must be found and secured under the skin. The entire procedure only lasts about 40 minutes, and leaves only 3 tiny micro scars on your eyelid.

The biggest advantage of Korean micro incision surgery is that it combines the advantages of the long maintenance time of traditional double eyelid surgery and the fast recovery time of the stitching method. Because the process of the surgery has minimal injury to the tissue, so the recovery time after surgery is less then a week, and it can let you have naturally beautiful eyelids. In addition with this method, we secure the muscle that lifts the eyelid under the skin; it is not only supported by single stitches like the stitching method, so there will not be a problem with sudden loosening or falling. Lastly and also most importantly, the double eyelids created with this method look especially natural, and the chances of scaring or sticking seldom occurs, even if you are very picky with the evenness or size of the double eyelids after surgery, the surgeon can easily make adjustments to change the shape through secured locations, which leaves room for alterations after surgery.

Any surgery requires an adjustment time; Korean micro incision surgery is with no exception. Generally speaking, the best results are seen when the procedure is performed on younger patients with tighter skin. If your surgeon diagnoses you to have aged or saggy skin, then you are not suitable for this procedure; because for saggy or loose skin, the traditional method of removing extra skin is the only way to solve the root of the problem. From my own experience after performing hundreds of eyelid surgeries, a good surgeon must possess knowledge of different kinds of procedures so he can help solve the problems of each patient according to their individual needs.
Are you ready yet? Get a pair of very attractive double eyelids!