The eyes are the window to the soul, and a beautiful pair of eyes can bring unparalleled confidence and beauty to one’s spirit and life. The Oriental eye shape is characterized by a predominance of single eyelids, small lid fissures, bloated upper lids due to the presence of subcutaneous fat, wide distance between the eyes, and some people presenting obvious inner canthus.
The reason for this is that the reflexed skin of the upper eyelid covers the lid margin, while pressing the eyelashes downward, concealing the true appearance of the eyes.
As living standards improve, more and more people with single eyelids are pursuing three-dimensional double eyelids, and thus double eyelid surgery has become the most common cosmetic procedure performed in cosmetic clinics today.
Indications for double eyelid surgery.
1.Single eyelids that are healthy and mentally normal, and have no contraindications to surgery.
2, Single eyelid with bloated upper lid (commonly known as water blister eye).
3. Single eyelid with inner canthus.
4. Mild upper eyelid entropion.
5, Mild ptosis (combined with levator muscle shortening).
6. Loose, sagging upper lid skin that affects the visual field. Mostly seen in the elderly.
7, One single and one double in both eyes, single lid side can be operated. Or both eyes have different crease widths and lid fissures of different sizes.
8, Inner double and hidden double where the heavy lids are not obvious when the eyes are open.
Double eyelid surgery methods.
There are many different methods of double eyelid surgery, and each method has its own advantages and disadvantages and scope of application, so you can choose according to your situation.
1, buried wire method.
It is suitable for young people with large lid fissures, thin eyelids, no bloating, no laxity in the eyelid skin, normal tension, and no medial canthus.
Advantages: simple to operate and easy to master. The ligature is fixed between the upper lid dermis and the anterior or superior lid margin of the levator aponeurosis, resulting in a natural-looking crease. No incisions, minimal post-operative tissue reaction, no disruption to work, and easy to accept by the patient. If the beginner does not master the technique properly, the original method can be used or the incision method can be used to make up for the failure without sequelae.
Disadvantages: Risk of slippage and fading of the eyelid may occur.
2. Incisional method.
It is the oldest method of blepharoplasty because it regulates and changes the tissue structure of the upper lid at all levels and can address many of the complex problems that exist on the eyelid, such as upper lid skin laxity, eyelash entropion, upper lid bloating, orbital fat sagging, septal laxity, and outer superior orbital rim bulge.
Advantages: The resulting heavy lid is firm and long-lasting, with deep creases and a three-dimensional appearance.
Disadvantages: The surgery is very traumatic and the recovery time is long.
3. Suture method.
This is also known as the penetrating suture method and is suitable for people with large lid fissures, thin eyelids, no bloating, and no laxity or mild laxity of the upper eyelid skin without canthal redundancy.
Advantages: Simple to perform and easy for beginners to master. No incisions are made and there are no visible scars after surgery, making it easy for the patient to accept.
Disadvantages: The heavy lids tend to disappear.
Criteria for successful double eyelid surgery.
1. The heavy lids (double eyelids) are moderately wide and narrow, and the heavy lid line is naturally smooth. The eyelid line to the eyelid margin is thin and flat, and both sides are basically symmetrical, with a natural and beautiful shape, and no obvious artificial traces can be seen.
2. The eye fissure is significantly wider and larger than before surgery, and the eyes become deeper and more subtle, giving the impression of large and beautiful eyes.
3.It causes obvious changes in the whole appearance and plays a beautifying role of adding color to the appearance.
4.The doctor, the patient and the bystanders are all satisfied. No complications and after-effects.
Due to the difference of aesthetic perspective of each person and the different judgment standard of “beauty”, the doctor and the patient must fully communicate before the surgery and design the surgery together to avoid unnecessary regrets and reduce disputes as much as possible.
Precautions before surgery.
1, during pregnancy or menstruation, due to medication and coagulation disorders, so as not to affect the fetus or surgical bleeding.
2.Severe scar body, or abnormal coagulation mechanism should be explained to the doctor in advance.
3.People with infected lesions near the eye surgery site should be cured before surgery.
4.People who are clearly allergic to local anesthetics, or anti-anesthetics should inform the surgeon.
5. Those who know that the surgery cannot achieve the desired effect should be treated with caution.
6. Blepharoplasty in the purely cosmetic sense is not recommended for children under 13 years of age. The age at which blepharoplasty should be performed is not too early because the eyelids are not yet fully developed at an early age and may appear to be single or double, so surgery should not be considered until around puberty.
7. Those who have some kind of infectious disease, mental illness, or are psychologically unsound or unstable.
8, too high expectations for surgery, inadequate psychological preparation, unrealistic requirements are also not suitable for cosmetic surgery.