They say the eyes are the window to the heart. A person's first impression is often decided through the eyes. Clear, large eyes with distinct pupils can give a refreshing impression, while small, sharply slanted eyes can convey charisma and at the same time make one seem hard to approach. If the eyelids droop and the pupils are hard to see, one may be perceived as sleepy or tired.
For this reason, we often see people around us having eye surgery not only for cosmetic reasons but also to improve their image and make a good impression. Not only women but also men choose eye surgery for employment and smoother relationships, and some improve eyelids that have drooped with age to present a younger, more youthful image.<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" />
Double eyelid surgery is the best-known form of eye surgery, but recently the trend has been to compensate for weak points and bring out individual charm naturally through a variety of surgical methods suited to each person's eye structure.
Dr. Yoosuk Chung of TheLINE Plastic Surgery said, "We sometimes see people who want their eyes shaped exactly like a particular celebrity's, but satisfaction can only be raised by choosing a method suited to the characteristics of your own eye structure and by considering harmony with the overall features, including the nose and face shape."
For those unhappy with monolids, double eyelid surgery can be performed with a variety of methods depending on the patient's eyelid thickness, degree of drooping, and fat volume. The natural adhesion technique, preferred recently, is an upgraded version of the conventional buried suture technique. It induces adhesion between the skin and the subcutaneous tissue to complete a line that looks as natural as if it were original, while being less likely to come loose than the buried suture technique. And because no incision is made, there is of course no concern about surgical scars.
If simple double eyelid surgery alone is not enough to open up tight-looking eyes, Crystal eye surgery, a form of the natural adhesion technique, can create larger, more open eyes. By combining epicanthoplasty or lateral canthoplasty of the necessary area with double eyelid surgery, it creates a double eyelid line that looks naturally inborn while also improving the actual horizontal width of the eye.
If the concern is uneven eyes or a sleepy look caused by weak eye-opening muscles, non-incisional ptosis correction is one option. By creating knots in the eye-opening muscle and the double eyelid line, it adjusts both the strength and the elasticity of the levator palpebrae muscle, making distinct, clearly defined eyes possible.
Dr. Jeonghwan Jeon said, "Eye surgery may be thought of as easy, but as with all plastic surgery, it is important to carefully choose the method best suited to you through consultation with an experienced specialist," adding, "Non-incisional ptosis correction in particular requires a diagnosis of whether ptosis is present, through one-on-one customized consultation with specialists, and all other eye procedures should also be carried out with comprehensive consideration of eyelid thickness, degree of drooping, and the strength of the eye-opening muscles."
Reporter Sujin Kim sjkimcap@beautyhankook.com
