Incision double eyelid surgery can create a scar during surgery. Every time when we operate, internal scar occurs. It is the degree of how much scars form during surgery that matters. There are many things to consider when we think of scars. What is a scar? Why does it form? How can it cause a […]
Often during double eyelid surgery, some amount of skin, muscle, and eyelid fat should be removed. This is because patients without natural double eyelid have some amount of soft tissue hooding. And this soft issue is comprised of skin, muscle, and some eyelid fat. These tissues add weight to the eyelid. Therefore, by removing some […]
Patients often ask whether there is an ideal double eyelid fold or crease height. This is because the patient or the plastic surgeon can make a high double eyelid fold, medium double eyelid fold, and a low double eyelid fold with a metal wire applicator. At home, patients can also make a double eyelid fold […]
Although silicone implant has been used in the past in both Asia and America to enlarge the nose, there are significant limitations and negative effects of silicone on the nose. Surgeons typically apply either silicone or Gortex implant into the dorsum of the nose to augment the nose. If these implants are placed only on […]
Severe eyelid ptosis is a difficult condition to correct. This is because the eyelid elevating muscle (levator palpebrae superioris muscle) is significantly weak. Some of these severe eyelid ptosis patients have either minimal muscle function or no muscle function. Therefore, when there is no muscle function, the typical method of correcting eyelid ptosis (shortening the […]
Asian rhinoplasty is unique in that it is about making the nose larger. Therefore, it can be considered augmentation rhinoplasty. There are several key points to Asian rhinoplasty and in this series of articles, we will discuss them in detail. First, we will discuss the facial proportion and the ideal nose size and shape. Asians […]
Last week, I had the opportunity to present at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons meeting in Chicago on the topic of eyelid ptosis and facelift. I will share what was presented at the meeting to the board-certified plastic surgeons both in the United States and the world. Eyelid ptosis can impair visual field. What […]
Many patients who come in for double eyelid surgery require simultaneous eyelid ptosis surgery as well. Patients often think they do not have ptosis when they look at themselves in the mirror and compare that to ptosis images they find on the internet. What they may not realize is that when they look at themselves […]
The most important part of double eyelid surgery is deciding where to set the double eyelid fold. That being how high the double eyelid fold should be. Another factor is the actual design of the double eyelid fold shape. Every eye is different and among the right and left eyes, they two are different. One […]
There are people who have natural double eyelids or surgically created double eyelid folds that would like to have excess skin removed. In these patients who have pre-existing double eyelids, there are three ways to evaluate and correct the problem. One is to determine if the patient would like to have a higher double eyelid […]
