Dr. Kenneth Kim is an eye surgery specialist. His partnership with Dream Medical Group in South Korea allowed Dr. Kim to utilize the most advanced non-incision suture techniques. Dr. Kenneth Kim also collaborates with other top South Korean surgeons to bring the latest and most researched double eyelid techniques to patients in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, California. Below … Read More

The Asian eyelid includes both the upper and lower eyelid. Asians are often born with either monolids or small double eyelid folds. Asian eyelid surgery can address the appearance of the upper eyelid, lower eyelid, inner corner of the eye, or outer corner of the eyes as needed. Upper eyelid surgery, or upper blepharoplasty, includes double-fold eyelid surgery and … Read More

Below are a few of our commonly asked questions about eyelid surgery and Dr. Kim’s advanced anesthesia technique. Is Eyelid Surgery Painful? When considering the double eyelid surgery, patients often ask: is eyelid surgery painful? The simple answer is no, but it is strongly recommended that you speak with a board-certified and experienced specialist to ensure the best … Read More

Double fold eyelid surgery or conversion of monolid to double eyelid costs range quite a bit. The reason for such a variety of costs is because blepharoplasty Asian eyes can be a simple non-incision suture technique double-fold eyelid surgery. Or the blepharoplasty Asian eyes can involve making an incision and excising some excess skin, muscle, … Read More

Asian eyelid includes both upper eyelid and lower eyelid. Upper eyelid surgery or upper blepharoplasty include double-fold eyelid surgery and conversion of monolid to double eyelid. It also includes eyelid ptosis surgery as Asians often desire larger eyes. For the lower eyelid, it involves removal of lower eyelid fat or fat bags. In addition, excess … Read More

When considering the double eyelid surgery, patients often ask: is eyelid surgery painful? The simple answer is no, but it is strongly recommended that you speak with a board-certified and experienced specialist to ensure the best result. To explain further, we have to define double eyelid surgery. Double eyelid surgery, also commonly known as “Korean … Read More

The most important factor in speeding up the recovery time is minimizing bleeding during surgery. This is particularly difficult in Asian eyelid surgery because Asian eyelid is very vascular. What vascular means is that there are lots of blood vessels in Asian eyelid. Therefore during double eyelid surgery, it is easy to cut these blood … Read More

One of the important ways to improve swelling and the overall recovery process after Asian eyelid surgery is to minimize tissue burning. Tissue burning can happen during double eyelid surgery because of bleeding. Bleeding occurs during double eyelid surgery because the plastic surgeon has to initially cut the skin with a scalpel or knife. Often, … Read More

Patients with pre-existing small or low double eyelid fold often wonder what the surgeon will do with the low double eyelid fold or crease. Unlike a high double eyelid fold or crease in Asian eyelid, a small or low double eyelid fold can easily be converted to a higher double eyelid fold or crease. The higher double … Read More

Patients ask how long the recovery process will be after surgery. Immediately after surgery, the patient will experience some swelling but will not have issues with vision (sight) and thus can rest at home or at a hotel. The pain will be minimal and it can be resolved with Tylenol the day of double eyelid surgery or Asian eyelid surgery. The … Read More