There are patients who have thin eyelid skin without any excess eyelid skin that desires double eyelid surgery. These patients are candidates for suture technique / non-incision double eyelid surgery. However, their eyelid muscle function is weak. Therefore, when they try to use tape or glue to form a double eyelid at home, it often … Read More

When patients use tape or glue on their eyes to create a double eyelid fold, they are creating a fold by connecting skin to skin. This method does not induce any weight on the eye muscle. In contrast, surgery is connecting the skin to eye elevating muscle (levator muscle). Therefore, in a double eyelid surgery, … Read More

What is one’s natural eyes and what is one’s real eyes? Some patients present with their natural eyes with very small double eyelid folds or without any double eyelid folds. They are interested in having a double eyelid surgery but they are concerned that their natural eyes will be gone. However, what they do not … Read More

One of the most common questions patients have during a consultation is whether they are a candidate for a suture technique double eyelid surgery. This is actually a simple question that patient can also determine for her or himself. Suture technique double eyelid surgery should be done when 1. Patient has eyelid symmetry 2. Patient … Read More

When we talk about upper eyelid fold or upper eyelid crease in Asians, we are referring to double eyelid fold or double eyelid crease. We have discussed different types of Asian double eyelid fold or Asian double eyelid crease—such as infolds and outfolds. Yet when we compare to upper eyelid fold or crease in Caucasians, … Read More

One of the most common question for the suture, non-incision double eyelid surgery is how long it would last. There are no definitive, valid study on this topic. No matter what technique is used for the suture technique, the principle of this non-incision technique is the same. It is connecting the skin of the eyelid … Read More

There are two types of fold loss in double eyelid surgery. One is from a suture or non-incision double eyelid surgery. The other type of fold loss is from open or incision double eyelid surgery. When fold loss occurs from a suture technique or non-incision double eyelid surgery, it is because the surgery itself is … Read More

Many people wonder why double eyelid folds loosen with suture technique. Some people think that sutures break or the suture knot unravel over time. However, when we reoperate on these patients, the sutures are often intact and the knots have not unraveled. So then what is the cause when the sutures remain intact? To understand … Read More

Correction of a high double eyelid fold can be relatively simple if there are excess upper eyelid skin. However, many revision double eyelid patients do not have excess upper eyelid skin. In these patients, lowering a high double eyelid fold can be difficult. Simply releasing the prior high fold will lead to recurrence of the … Read More