I am a Chinese guy that lives in Miami, FL. As a typical eastern Asian with small eyes, I’ve always wanted to have bigger eyes with ceases on the lids but was always hesitant about getting a surgery. A small thing that happened in 2011 eventually made me set up my mind to get surgery done to my eyes. I used to wear glasses, and when I started to wear contacts in late 2011 on various occasions, I found it extremely hard to put my soft contact lenses in my eyes because of the size of my eye sockets. It was very frustrating when I had to attend certain events but couldn’t put my contacts on, and it literally drove me crazy. So I started to look online for cosmetic surgeons that specialize in Asian eyelid surgeries. Since there aren’t many Asians in Florida, I started looking at states/cities where Asian population is relatively more significant. I called several doctors’ offices and they either said they couldn’t do it or had me send them pictures by email and took forever to reply. When I called Dr. Kim’s office, his assistant scheduled a Skype appointment for me right away and Dr. Kim was very nice and patient after I expressed all my concerns. So I booked an appointment with the doctor for the surgery and flew to LA in January, 2012 (east coast to west coast – really exhausting flight -.- ). Doctor Kim’s office was located inside of a nice office building and his suite was arranged in a very vogue and relaxing fashion. The staff were very friendly too. Prior to the surgery, the doctor and I had a conversation about how the surgery is done and he also measured and marked lines/ceases on my eyelids. After all the pre-surgery procedures were done, I finally lay down on the operation bed. I was very nervous at the beginning to be honest and the local anesthetic injection did hurt a bit, which was very normal since the eyelid skin is extremely sensitive. My eyelid skin was numbed and the surgery began. I did both the double eyelid surgery and the epicanthoplasty. The entire operation lasted for about 30 min and it was absolutely painless, but I did smell the burning of skin fat from my eyelids lol. My eyelids were swollen after the surgery and the doctor told me the swollenness would disappear gradually but it’d take up to 3 months for them to look natural. Daily cold compresses were essential to post-surgery recovery and they gave me cold compress pads that I could use repeatedly along with sterile cotton pads. Doctor Kim saw me twice before I left LA to make sure that everything was alright. My eyes looked more and more natural each day and they looked completely normal after about 2 and half months. Doctor Kenneth Kim also followed up with me on Skype February, a year after the surgery and we were both pretty content with my result. Now I’m wearing contacts everyday and it isn’t an issue for me anymore to put in and take off my contacts, and at the same time, I have been very happy and become more confident in the look of my eyes.